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500 BCE
Pre-Conala
first nations unity used everything that they took from the land, -
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The Seven Years’ War
a worldwide conflict with five continents, After years of problems between England and France in North America, England officially declared war on France in 1756, While Britain, France and Spain battled for the colonies in what was once the “New world”,The Seven Years War ended with the two treaties. One of them being “The Treaty of Hubertusburg” and “The Treaty of Paris” The Treaty of Paris was signed on February 10, 1763, bringing an end to the French and Indian War. -
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The war of 1812
The War of 1812 in which it lasted from 1812 to 1814. The war of 1812 was a military battle between Great Britain and the United States. Because Canada is a colony of Great Britain, Canada got swept up in the and was invaded by the Americans countless times. The war was fought in Upper Canada, Lower Canada, on the Great Lakes, the Atlantic, and as well as in the United States. Once the war came to an end The peace treaty of Ghent that was signed in 1814. -
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Residential schools
the first residential school was opened in 1831 in Brantford, Ontario however in 1880 made it mandatory. Residential schools were run by the churches, and were finance/sponsored the government. In total, there is an estimated 150,000 First Nation, Inuit, and Métis children attended/forced to go to residential schools.The purpose of the residential schools was to educate and convert Indigenous youth and to assimilate them into Canadian society. -
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Canada west (1840-1860)
the population of Canada West tripled to almost one and a half million.Among the new arrivals were British immigrants and Black Americans.Irish people arrived in such large numbers that by the 1860s they had become the largest ethnic group in Canada West. Many Irish immigrants did not have enough money to buy even the cheapest land. Railroad construction and local industries provided employment for many of them.However, the Irish had to compete with Canadians and other immigrants for these jobs. -
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The Atlantic Colonies
In 1850, British North America was made up of separate colonies and territories.The Atlantic colonies were Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The colonies farther inland were Canada East (present-day Québec) and Canada West (present-day Ontario).Newfoundland-fisheries. Prince Edward Island-agriculture. Nova Scotia-shipping,coal mines. Forestry and shipbuilding were an important part of the economy in the Atlantic colonies in the mid-1800s, -
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Canada east (1850-1890)
The seigneurs owned land and renting the land to who rented out smaller plots of land to Canadien.Many Canadien farmers could not make their payments.they had to give up their plots of land,or sell them backSince many Canadiens could not earn enough money to pay their debte, hundreds of thousands were forced to give up their farms and move to the cities to find work.In 1800, only 5 percent of the population lived in cities.By 186,20 percent many left Canada East to find work in the United States -
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Residential Schools