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Jan 1, 1534
Cartier trades with Mi'kmaq
Jacques Cartier traded with the Mi'kmaq tribe.He giaves Canada its name mistaking thier word kana:ta' for the whole land. -
French traders
French traders set up a trading post in what is now Quebec to exploit the fur trade more effectively.Then Britain got involved.The English and the French both wanted control of the trade.The British backed the Iroquois,while France backed the Huron.The groups of traders were getting very competitive.People were getting kidnapped,even murdered. -
Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company monopoly is confirmed by the British parliament because beaver pelt hats were in fashion and they could get the beaver pelt,then sendit to Europe. -
Seven Years War
The Seven Years War ends. New France loses to Britain. -
Northwest Company
The Northwest Company is formed. -
Battle of the Seven Oaks
The Metis and the Northwest Company win Battle of the Seven Oaks -
NWT and HBC join together
The Northwest and the Hudson's Bay Companies unite under HBC flag -
Railway Act of 1851
The Railway Act of 1851 has west and east Canada's ground rules for railways -
Construction
Construction of the Cariboo wagon -
Ontario,Quebec,Nova Scotia,and New Brunswick enter Canada
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The British North America Act of 1867
The British North America Act ot 1867 gave Canada powers of an independant country.Canada took a rough draft of the document to the British parliament where they approved it.The act was renamed the Constitution Act in 1982. -
Manitoba enters Canada
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Northwest Territories enters Canada
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British Columbia entered Canada
-because they were promised financial help and a railway to link it to the rest of Canada -
Prince Edward Island enters Canada
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The Railroad
The first train crossed Canada -
Yukon territory enters Canada
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Alberta and Saskatchewan enter Canada
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Bankruptcy
The railroad buisness drove many companies close to bankruptcy -
Moves
there were a series of moves from 1916-1923.Ottawa took control of Grand Trunk Pacific railway -
Newfoundland enters Canada
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Constitution Act of 1982
Canada didn't have the power to change its own constitution so the costitution act was part of Canada patriating the constitution.It states which powers belong to which part of the government.Its important to have a constitution so that there wouldn't be chaos. -
Nunavut enters Canada
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Wooden rails
The first train tracks were wooden! -
Canadian National
the federal government created the Canadian National railroad -
Prospector travels
Prospectors traveled with 70 pounds (32 kilograms ) on their backs -
Merging
Canadian North and Geand Trunk were merged together with the intercolonial national transcontinental, which was already nationalized,to make C.N.R. -
Gold Rushes
there were 2 major gold rushes:The Fraser and theCariboo gold rush -
Victoria
Prospectors went to Victoria to obtain a mining license where they camped -
world wide prospectors
People came from Scotland, England, Germany, China, and San Francisco. They came on very unsafe ships
