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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
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Aug 3, 1492
Christopher Columbus "discovered America"
Even though Christopher was not the one who really discovered the Americas first, he did open the doorway to other explorers. -
Jun 24, 1497
John Cabot landed in Newfound Land
John landed in Northern Americas. There's dispute over where he landed in Canada, but we'll just say he landed in Newfound Land. -
Apr 20, 1534
Jaques Cartier sailed for Canada
He was told by King François of France to find a passage to the Orient, either around or through the New World. However he ended up sailing up the St.Lawrence. -
Samuel Champlain founded Quebec City
Samuel founded the first New World Colony. He thought that Canada would be an amazing place to colonize. Creating sparks for the New World. -
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Filles du roi
More than 800 girls came to the New World to help populate and culitvate New France. -
Creation of The Hudson's Bay Company
The creation of The Hudson's Bay Company really kick started the fur trade as well as many settlements for the fur trade. -
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Deportation of the Acadians
It was important because when the british took over Acadian it settled itself as a many british colony getting rid of all french influences. -
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Seven Year War
It's important because it decided territories. -
Battle of The Plains of Abraham
This battle was pivitol in the identity of Canada. When the british won, we became a colony of Great Britain and forever stopped the French from ruling. -
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The American Revloution
The American Revloution was important because during the revloution the loyalist refugees came to Canada and settled in Nova Scotia. -
The Constitutional Act
The act seperated land into Upper and Lower Canada helping create the Canadian identity as well as furthering on the confederation of Canada. -
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad is very important because black slaves escaping the south came to Canada for freedom which helped populate cities. -
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War of 1812
The war was important in creating the Canadian identiy as well as keeping land for new settlers. -
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Famine in Ireland
This is important because the famine cause many families from Ireland to come to Canada to escape. It created a surplus of Irish settlers. -
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American Civil War
The American Civil War helped kick start the need for confederation in Canada. -
The British North American Act
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Post Confederation Immigration
Immigrants from Great Britain, Continental Europe, and East Asia all came to settle in Canada. -
Wilfrid Laurier's Open Door Policy
This immigration policy helped more then 1 million immigrants come to Canada. -
World War 1
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The Chinese Immigration Act
To discourage Chinese immigration the federal government put a head tax on every Chinese immigrant. Even though they helped create the railroad which was a major impact on the development of Western Canada.
