Canada Timeline

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  • Oct 26, 1000

    the first explorers built a town on the Northeast coast of Canada

    the first explorers built a town on the Northeast coast of Canada
  • Period: Oct 26, 1000 to

    Canada Timeline

  • Oct 26, 1497

    Italian explorer John Cabot, sailed to Canada's east coast

  • Oct 26, 1534

    Jacques Cartier sailed up the St. Lawrence River

    Jacques Cartier sailed up the St. Lawrence River

  • the English settlement in Virginia Beach

  • the first successful French settlement in North America, the port Royal

  • the first successful French settlement in Quebec

    the first successful French settlement in Quebec

  • Samuel de Champlain built the first permanent French settlement in Quebec

  • Acadia is recognized as French possession by the Treaty of Breda

  • A Royal charter grants sole trading rights in Hudson Bay drainage to the Hudson's Bay Co.

  • the French and Inidan war, where the Great Britain fought for control of Canadian territory & the fur trade and conquered Quebec

    the French and Inidan war, where the Great Britain fought for control of Canadian territory & the fur trade and conquered Quebec

  • the Treaty of Paris, gave the British control of all lands east of the Mississippi River, except for 2 islands off of Newfoundland

  • the Quebec act, the British allowed the French to stay in Quebec, but continued to control the region

  • the Quebec act, where many loyalist did not want to live among French speaking Canadians

  • the Americans gained independence from Great Britain

    the Americans gained independence from Great Britain