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500 BCE
First Nations happily hunt, fish and live in what is now Canada
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1300
Norsemen (Vikings) came
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1497
John Cabot arrives
John Cabot was sponsored by the British government to explore "Canada." -
1498
Britain explores the east coast and sets up fisheries
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1500
British and French explore streams and rivers and start hunting beaver
The French were allies of the First Nations. First Nations helped them hunt beaver -
1501
French build colonies for the fur trade
they set up fur trading stations. -
Quebec city was established by Samuel de Champlain
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Britain gives the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) trading rights of all of Hudson's bay area.
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British and French fighting over "Canada"
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Battle on the Plains of Abraham
Britain wins "canada" -
British pass the Quebec Act
French are allowed to practice their customs and language