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1000
The Vikings
Vikings came from Greenland and sailed to Canada -
1491
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier left France to look for a sea route to China -
1497
John Cabot
He travelled from Europe to the west -
1500
The Fur Trade
The French and English wanted beaver fur for tall fur hats -
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel built a strong house in Canada -
Maisonneuve and Montreal
A French soldier named Paul de Maisonneuve came to the new land bringing fifty-nine people with him -
Georgian Bay Missions
French missionaries were anxious to bring the message of their faith to the First Nations -
The Hudson‘s Bay Company
Radisson and Groseilliers were two adventures coureous de bois Who travelled farther and farther for furs and ended up at Hudson Bay -
Count Frontenac Wins
The Native Indians attacked French farms -
Coureurs de Bois
When the increased Iroquois attacks made the Algonquin too fearful to travel down river to trade with the French, daring young Frenchmen braved the unfamiliar wilderness and meet the Native Peoples -
The Acadians
In a peace agreement between France and Britain, part of New France, called Acadia was given to the English -
The fur trade wars
The northwest company and the Hudson‘s Bay Company fought to gain control of the fur trade -
Fall of New France
The seven years war pitted Britain and France against each other along with a number of other European nations -
American Revolution
In 1776 the 13 colonies need Atlantic joined the new name, the United States of America
this was the beginning of the American Revolutionary War -
The Loyalists
During the American revolution numerous people remain loyal to Britain even though many of their friends and other family members sided with the revolutionaries -
The Nor’Westers
After the British had defeated New France in the seven years war in 1763, a new group of English traders in took over the fur trade out of Montreal. -
Captain George Vancouver
At the same time Alexander Mackenzie arrived at the Pacific Ocean, Captain George Vancouver was there, mapping around Vancouver island. -
Two Canadas
Until the arrival of the Loyalists, most Canadian people were French-speaking -
The War of 1812
Once again, there was a war and Europe between France and England -
Rebellions in the Canadas
Upper and lower Canada were governed by rich and powerful men -
British Columbia gold
Many people were settling in eastern Canada while the rest was relevantly unpopulated -
Confederation
By 1864 there was six colonies in Canada -
The Charlottetown conference
Charlottetown Conference, (1864), first of a series of meetings that ultimately lead to the formation of the dominion of Canada
In 1864 a conference was planned to discuss the possibility of a union between the Maritime Provinces -
The dominion of Canada
The dominion of Canada was created in the Charlottetown conference -
The northwest mounted police
The Canadian government but the vast area of Rupert land from the Hudson‘s Bay Company in 1870 -
A railway for Canada
In the 1800’s it was very difficult and costly to get people or supplies from Montreal, to Toronto, to British Columbia -
Northwest rebellion
Two groups of people in the west were very unhappy -
The Yukon and the Northwest territories
By the end of the 19th century, Canada was divided up except for the vast northern region. -
Newfoundland and Nunavut
The people of Newfoundland did not want to join Canada at Confederation because most of them were fishermen and they sold their fish in the countries in Europe
