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1497
John Cabot
John Cabot was a navigator from Italy who discovered a part of land
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1534
New France
France had colonized an area in North America in the beginning of the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534. -
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain was a french explorer, navigator, cartographer and many other things and was also know as "The Father Of new France" because he founded New France and Quebec city in 1608. -
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson was a sea explorer and navigator and is known for discovering the Hudson strait that led him and his crew to a large bay which was later also named after him: Hudson's Bay -
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Seven years war
Seven years' war was a global conflict that was fought between the years of 1756-1763 that was mostly about Great Britain and France fighting about who gets the North American land and it ended with peace treaty that was signed in 1763. -
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Loyalists
American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution (1775-1783) -
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The great migration
The great migration was a period when over 800 000 European immigrants came to Canada because they either had very little jobs available in their countries or because they needed an opportunity for a fresh start mostly because they had nothing much to lose anyway. -
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Underground railroad
Underground railroad wasn't actually a railroad but a network of safe houses and secret routes that were used by African-American slaves in order to escape to free states in the U.S. or to Canada. -
Canada became a country
In 1867 Canada became "self-governing" which meant it was no longer a colony but a dominion and could raise and spend its own income but the British Royalty would still be the head of the country. -
Jewish immigration
The Jewish population in Canada became bigger than 155 000 between the years of 1880 and 1930. -
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Chinese railroad workers
Canada used Chinese labour to build the railroad between 1881 - 1884, more than 17 000 Chinese workers came to help to build the railroad for almost no money and under terrible conditions and no food, around 600 workers died during those years. -
Chinese head tax
Chinese head tax was a fee that each Chinese immigrant had to pay in order to enter Canada which around $50 at first but later grew up to $500, it was meant to discourage Chinese people from coming to Canada. -
Chinese immigration act
Modifications were made to the Chinese immigration act, which were: the the expansion of the list of prohibited persons and reducing the classes of people who were free from the head tax. -
Immigration record
Canada has reached the highest immigration level in the century, which was more than 400 000 of new arrivals. -
The war measure act
During the world war 1 the war measures act was passed which allowed the Canadian government to arrest, detain and deport people in order to keep security and order in Canada during the war.
