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Oct 24, 1497
Italian born navigator Jhon Cabot reaches the coast of Newfoundland and Cape Breton
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Period: Oct 24, 1497 to
Canada
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Oct 24, 1534
Jacque Cartier explores the Saint Lawrence River, claiming the area for France
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Newfoundland becomes England's first overseas colony
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London traders establish the Hudson's Bay Company
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The Treaty of Paris gives England control of France's territory in North America
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Refugees from the American Revolutionary War who are loyal to the British move north present day Canada
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War of 1812:American invasion of area around the Great Lakes and Csnadian frontier
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Oregon Treaty between the United States and Canada sets the new border at the 49th parallel
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Domain of Canada is formed and self-government was granted
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Gold Rush takes place along the Upper Yukon River
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Canada fights on the side of the British and French in World War I
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Canadian Great Deppresion Canadiian forces join the Allied Powers in World War II
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World War II ends
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U.S .spacecraft Apollo 11 lands on the moon with Canadian-built landing gesr
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U.S./Canada Free Trade Agreement
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Canada sends troops and supplies to aid the U.S, in the Persian Gulf
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The North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect, linking Canada, the United States and Mexico in a new economic partnership
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Canada decides not to be a part of the military coalation led by the United States against Iraq