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1 BCE
Prehistoric hunters crossing to Canada from Asia.
There is evidence that the first natives in North America, of which Canada represents more than 40, first arrived about 40,000 years before our era crossing a land bridge formed between Asia and Alaska during the last ice was. -
1 BCE
Leif Ericsson leads a Viking expedition to the new world.
Contact earlier with what is now Canada thought it could have been done by the Vikings in an expedition directed by Bjarni Herjólfsson,that it diverted its course en route from Iceland to Greenland approximately 985 AC. However,there are no records of this discovery except by Icelandic sagas, vague stories told from generation to generation. -
1451
Copiar The Iroquois Confederacy is formed.
Furthermore, the French fought with firearms, while traditional Iroquois weapons were bows and arrows, stone tomahawks, and wooden warclubs.In response to European influence, the Iroquois gradually changed their military tactics to incorporate stealth, surprise, and ambush. -
1497
John Cabot reaches Newfoundland (or maybe Cape Breton)
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1534
Jacques Cartier first explored the St. Lawrence region
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1534
Samuel de Champlain established a French colony at Qu bec city
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Hudson's Bay Company is formed
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Battle of the plains of Abraham: Qu bec city is captured
The British and American force arrived and established itself on the Isle of Orleans downstream from Quebec in late June 1759. Monckton’s brigade took post on the southern bank of the river opposite the city and began to bombard it. The other two brigades occupied the banks of the Montmorency. -
New France was ceded formally Britain - Pontiac Rebellion erupts
