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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus Sails To America
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Jun 24, 1497
Cabot Claims New World Territory (Newfoundland)
This was the begining of a multi century process of the making of Canada -
May 1, 1498
Cabot is Lost at Sea
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Jan 1, 1535
Jaques Cartier uses the word "kanata" to describe Canada
Which is how Canada eventually got its name -
Champlain Founds Quebec City
Champlain created a french colony which began a wave of French immagration to New France -
Hudson set adrift by his mutunius crew
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Loyalist Migration
Tens of thousands of British supporting loyalists came to Canada during and after the American revolutionary war -
Upper and Lower Canada Created
Thanks to immagration, by 1830, Upper Canada had 260,000 people and Lower Canada had around 400,000 -
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Underground Railroad
It is believed around 100,000 slaves escaped the South, and settled in Canada between 1810 and 1850 -
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The War of 1812
During the war of 1812, immigration came to an almost complete pause -
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Great Migration from Britain
Over 400000 people immagrated to canada from Britan during this time -
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A Wave of Irish
Hunderds of thousands migrate to Canada during the irish potato famine -
Canadian Confederation
New Bruinswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Ontario are made provinces of Canada. Planting the seed for all things to come in the country, including immagration. -
Manitoba Joins Confederation
Manitoba officially becomes part of Canada, encouraging immagrants to settle there as they are under protection of the Canadian government -
Chinese Exclusion Act
An immagration act is passed requiring all new chineese immigrants to pay a $50 head tax -
Railway Completed
The newly cmopleted ccoast to coast railway allowed transportation of goods to a large area, opening more desireable space for immagrants -
Riel Hung In Regina
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Saskachewan & Alberta Join Confederation
Saskachewan and Alberta join canada and is setteled by a multitude of wheat farmers -
Immigration Act
An act is passed excluding certain types of people
