Canadian History

  • Christopher Columbus
    Jan 8, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    At this time, Christopher Columbus finds North America.
  • Jacques Cartier
    Jan 8, 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    Around this time, Jacques Cartier found a part of Canada and claimed it for France. He also starts the Fur Trade, and trades with the Micmac.
  • Jealousy of the Europeans

    Jealousy of the Europeans

    Since at this time, fur trading is really big, the Europeans got very jealous.
  • Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain found Quebec and New France.
  • Continental Hat

    Continental Hat

    This is a hat that was the best in style around 1776.
  • Sir Alexander Mackenzie

    Sir Alexander Mackenzie

    Sir Alexander Mackenzie found a route to the pacific.
  • Simon Fraser

    Simon Fraser

    Simon Fraser discovered a river and the river was named after him.
  • Endangered Beavers

    Endangered Beavers

    In the 1800's, there was a problem people faced, beavers got endangered beacause there was fur trading.
  • Navy Hat

    Navy Hat

    This is hat that was in style in the year 1800.
  • The Wellington Hat

    The Wellington Hat

    This is a Wellington Hat. Not a lot of people wear it these days, but it was in style in 1812.
  • The Paris Hat

    The Paris Hat

    This is a Paris hat. It looks very simaler to a Wellington Hat.
  • The D'orsay Hat

    The D'orsay Hat

    The D'orsay hat is VERY close to the wellinton hat except it's curves on the side are a little bit lower.
  • David Douglas

    David Douglas

    David Douglas (naturalist) found gold along Lake Okanogon.
  • Army Hat

    Army Hat

    This what an army hat looked like in 1837.
  • First Gold Rush in North America

    First Gold Rush in North America

    Did you know,that the first gold rush in North America was in California?
  • Ending of the first gold rush in North America

    Ending of the first gold rush in North America

    The first gold rush in North America ended in 1850.
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    The Cariboo Trail

    From 1859 to 1862, prospecters from all over flooded the Cariboo Trail after they have heard about the cariboo gold rush.
  • Cariboo Map (place where the cariboo gold rush started)

    Cariboo Map (place where the cariboo gold rush started)

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    This is the place Cariboo.
  • New Brunswick

    New Brunswick

    This is year New Brunswick entered confederation.
  • Nova Scotia

    Nova Scotia

    This is the year Nova Scotia entered confederation.
  • Ontario

    Ontario

    This is the year Ontario entered confederation.
  • Quebec

    Quebec

    This is the year Quebec entered confederation.
  • the British North America Act

    Leaders from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada had to take the rough draft of the Quebec Resolutions and come up with a final agreement. The document they created is the British North America Act.
  • Manitoba

    Manitoba

    This is the year Manitoba entered confederation.
  • Northwest Territories

    Northwest Territories

    This is the year Northwest Territories entered confederation.
  • British Columbia

    British Columbia

    This is the year British Columbia entered confederation.
  • Prince Edward Island

    Prince Edward Island

    This is the year Prince Edward Island entered confederation.
  • One of the Reasons why the Fur Trade Happened

    A lot of people around the world started coming after they heard about the fur trade.
  • One of the Reasons why the Railroad Happened

    One of the Reasons why the Railroad Happened

    The Chinese men built the railroad so that they could get money.
  • Landslides

    Landslides

    A lot of landslide happened when the Chinese men were building the railroad.
  • Yukon

    Yukon

    The year yukon entered confederation.
  • Alberta

    Alberta

    This is the year Alberta entered confederation.
  • Saskatchewan

    Saskatchewan

    This is the year Saskatchewan entered confederation.
  • Some Imprtant People of the Railroad

    Some Imprtant People of the Railroad

    The Chinese people were very important people of the railroad because they built it.
  • Newfoundland

    Newfoundland

    This is the year Newfoundland entered confederation.
  • Transportation of Sea Otters

    Transportation of Sea Otters

    Otters got wiped out from the BC Coast, so the people in Alaska transported otters from there, to the BC Coast.
  • the Constitution Act

    the Constitution Act

    The Constitution Act improved part of the constitusion. Then, Queen Elizabeth ll made it a law. It's important that we have a constitution because it defines what Canada's nation is.
  • Nunavut

    Nunavut

    Last but not least, the year Nunavut entered confederation.