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1497 BCE
1497 Britain founded Canada
John Cabot was sailing to Asia for the spices that Britain had heard of but on his way to Asia he crashed in to a land that was rich in fishing and hunting grounds. -
Jan 10, 1534
1534 St.Lawrence river was found
When french explorer/map maker Samuel de Champlain tried to sail to Asia for the spices he ended up sailing down a river we now today as the St. Lawrence river and mapped out his root -
1608 Quebec was officially found by France
When Samuel de Champlain sailed down the st. Lawrence river he ended up in a new land he claimed for France it was soon to be named New France or Quebec -
1670 The Hudson's bay company was found
Samuel de Champlain found the Hudson's bay company which was the main source of the fur trade at the time. It was located on the shore of Hudson's bay this made it very accessible for people who wanted to trade they could easily sail up the st.Lawrence river -
April 11 1713 The treaty of Utrecht was declared
Britain France and many other countries decided to sign a treaty that would end the war of Spanish succession -
1755 The begining of the American revolution
A bunch a colonies located in america gathered up and stood up against Britain and started a full war between American and Britain which was allied with the people of new France and the first nations people so america did not stand a chance but some how america won the war. -
1755-1764 The explosion of the Acadia's
From the years 1755-1764 Britain was shipping out boats full of Acadia people to a number of locations including Britain France New Orleans and Pennsylvania -
1756-1764 The Seven Year war
A war broke out between Britain and France with many other country's siding with Britain or France this war lasted seven years straight of fighting in the end Britain won the war. -
1763 The Royal Proclamation
The royal Proclamation was what officially ended the seven year war but it also declared that New france now belongs to Britain and all french civil law in new france was now changed to british civil law -
1773 the Boston tea party
On December 11 1773 Boston Was sick and tired of Britain's law so when one of the boat’s arrived to deliver tea people of Boston dressed up like first nations people and boarded the ship and tossed all the tea in the rivers. -
1774 The Quebec act
In the year 1774 Britain changed the law from British civil law to french civil law back in new France which enraged the Americans because both France and America were mad at Britain so it Britain didn't make one of them happy it would end up in war -
July 4th 1776 America declares there independents
In the first year of the american Revolution America has already declared there independence against Britain. -
1781 the end of the american revolution
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1783 The treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris was signed by King George the third which ended the american revolution and let american be an independent country not ruled over by Britain.