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1497
John Cabot claims Newfoundland for Britain
He found newfoundland in 1497. he found it when trying to find a route to asia. He then went back to England where he would tell the king in hoping that he would get funding for a second trip. He was never seen again. -
1535
Jacques Cartier claims the St. Lawrence region for France
French navigator Jacques Cartier was born on december 31, 1491, in saint malo france, and was sent by king francis to the new world in search of riches and a new route to Asia in 1534. His exploration of the St. Lawrence River allowed France to claim to lands that would become canada today. He then dies in 1557. -
Samuel de Champlain founded New France
He was known as the father of france. He found france in 1608. He was a cartographer, explorer, colonial administrator. He explored many more places like the canadian great lakes and established friendly relations with aboriginal enemies. -
Britain grants a charter to the Hudson’s Bay Company
The charter was granted to the hudson's bay company on may 2, 1670. It was a fur trading business for most of its history. It was a past that is entwined with the colonization of british north america and the development of canada. -
Seven Years War
This happened from 1756-1763. This was the first global war, fought in Europe, india, and america, and at sea. Early in the war the french defeated several british attacks and captured a number of british forts. -
The Royal Proclamation
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George the third to establish a basis of government administration in the north american territories formally ceded by france to britain in the treaty of paris, 1763, following the Seven Years War. -
British immigration to Canada
After france was taken over by the british, the french started to migrate to canada. The french were now coming to canada to take farm land to make resources to create a living for themselves after britain had pushed them out. -
Confederation of Canada
George brown was a big part in the confederation of canada. He set aside political differences and allied with his conservative rivals john A. macdonald and george-etienne cartier in 1864. -
Red River Rebellion
The 1869–1870 uprising in the red river colony was sparked by the transfer of the vast territory of rupert's land to the new nation of canada. The colony of farmers and hunters, many of them metis, occupied a corner of rupert's land and feared for their culture and land rights under canadian control. -
The Indian Act
The Indian Act is the principal statute through which the federal government administers Indian status. The indian act was amended 7 times and the most important times were 1951 and 1985 focusing on the removal of discriminatory sections. -
Native residential schools open in Canada
the residential schools were government sponsored schools. They were religious schools that were established to assimilate indigenous children into canadian culture. The first school was established in new france. -
Northwest Rebellion
The northwest rebellion was a violent time, it was a five month insurgency against the canadian government. it was fought mainly by metis militants and their aboriginal allies in what is now saskatchewan and alberta. -
Signing of the numbered treaties
The numbered treaties were a series of 11 treaties made between the canadian government and indigenous peoples from 1871 to 1921. The numbered treaties cover the area between the lake of the Woods northern Ontario, southern Manitoba to the rocky mountains northeastern British Columbia and interior Plains of Alberta to the Beaufort Sea north of Yukon and the Northwest Territories. -
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
The royal commission on aboriginal peoples was a royal commission established in 1991 in the start of the oka crisis. It was a broad survey of historical and contemporary relations between aboriginal and non aboriginal peoples in canada. The report made seven recommendations, the majority of them were not implemented. -
The last Native residential school closes
The school has now been destroyed. There was a twelve year old student there that tried to commit suicide off the second floor of the school because of the sexual abuse he was suffering from. After the incident they kept a good look out on every kid in the school to make sure that never happened again. -
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission established
The truth and reconciliation commission of canada was officially launched in 2008 as part of the indian residential schools settlement agreement. Intended to be a process that would guide canadians through the difficult discovery of the facts behind the residential school system.
