Early Canada

By jsearles8567
  • Period: Mar 6, 1490 to

    Timespan

  • Mar 6, 1497

    Route to Asia

    Route to Asia
    In 1497, John Cabot , was funded by the English king to find a route to Asia.
  • Jan 1, 1500

    Exploring North America

    Exploring North America
    Europeans began exploring and colonizing North America in the 1500s.

  • Trading

    Trading
    Sir Humphrey Gilbert, a British explorer, formally claimed the island for England in 1583 Trading with the local First Nations.

  • Fur trade

    Fur trade
    By 1600, the fur trade was flourishing lead by Jacques Cartier.

  • Quebec

    Quebec
    In 1608, Champlain founded the city of Quebec. It soon became the hub of the fur trade and the heart of New France.

  • Inhabitants

    Inhabitants
    By 1635, it had fewer than 200 inhabitants. The French saw the colony as an opportunity to spread Christianity among the First Nations peoples.

  • Stretched

    Stretched
    By 1700, the French had built a mighty inland empire. It stretched from present-day Québec to the Gulf of Mexico.

  • War

    War
    Then in 1744, North America was dragged into the War of the Austrian Succession. This war was called King George's War in North America. When it ended in 1748.

  • British take control

    British take control
    The British Take Control In 1763, the French colony on the north side of the St. Lawrence River was reorganized as the British province of Québec.

  • Tried to take over

    Tried to take over
    In the winter of 1775, the Americans tried unsuccessfully to take the town of Quebec. British sea power prevented further attacks from the 13 colonies.

  • Britain

    Britain
    Britain recognized the independence of the United States in 1783. More than 40,000 American colonists who remained loyal to the British king fled north to British territory.

  • British colonies

    British colonies
    By 1800, the British colonies in North America consisted of Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland.

  • Hudson's bay

    Hudson's bay
    Competed for western furs with the Hudson's Bay Company. Mackenzie, Simon Fraser, and David Thompson explored much of the western half of British North America in the service of the North West Company. The Hudson's Bay Company also began an aggressive westward advance. There was fierce competition between the two companies until 1821.