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30,000 BCE
First Occupants came to North America
The first occupants crossed a land bridge made of ice on the Bering Strait during the las ice age from Asia to North America -
Québec
Samuel de Champlain founded Québec to ease the fur trade with the Amerindians -
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The French Regime
The french came from Europe to Quebec and took over the land. Quebec became a colony of France -
One-Hundred Associates
France will give the Company the monopoly of the fur trade only if they got 4000 settlers in 3 years, pay the fees for the settlers and grant artisans the right to open up shops in New France -
Trois-Rivières
Laviolette founded Trois-Rivières for commercial purposes related to fur trade -
First outbreak
Contagious diseases were spread to the Amerindians from the Europeans, but they didn't have medicine to cure these diseases. This was the beginning of many outbreaks. -
Ville-Marie
Chomedey de Maisonneuve is the founder of Ville-Marie (now Monréal). He and a lot of other people established a permanent settlement -
Royal Government
King Louis XIV was in control of colonial development. Jean-Talon, his intendant, took charge of colonizing New-France. -
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Immigration and birth policies under Jean Talon
Jean Talon put in a bunch of policies to encourage immigration of the engagés, the filles du Roi, volunteers and soldiers -
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The British Regime
The English won the seven years war against the French and New France was now occupied by the English. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty that the French signed where New France officially became an english colony and ended the Seven Years War. -
Royal Proclamation
The first constitution of the Province of Québec. The territory reduced to the St Lawrence Valley, English criminal and civil laws, lands were divided into townships, British administrators. -
The Québec Act
Second constitution. The British Parliament made some changes to the first constitution to ensure the loyalty of the Canadiens. There were french civil laws, the test act was abolished, the tithe was brought back and the province expanded. -
Independence of the Thirteen British colonies
The Thirteen British colonies became an independent country and are now called the United States of America. -
Treaty of Versailles
This treaty ended the American-British war over the independence of the Thirteen Colonies. The size of Québec reduced and all the territories below the great lakes became part of the United States. -
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Immigration of the Loyalists
Some of the people living in the Thirteen Colonies didn't want to become independent and wanted to stay loyal to their mother country. They called themselves and immigrated to the Province of Québec. -
The Constitutional Act
It was created because of the arrival of the Loyalists. The territory was divided into Upper Canada (mostly english) and Lower Canada (mostly french). -
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Aboriginal population
The Aboriginal population continues to decrease because of epidemics, low birth rate and the hunting areas decrease. The nations that lived near the cities were influenced by the Europeans and some of them will change their way of life. -
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Rebellions in Lower Canada
The legislative assembly asked for politician reforms and wanted a responsible government but didn't get it so Lower Canada was upset. -
The Confederation of Canada
The dominion of Canada was created. The four founding provinces are Québec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The dominion expanded over the years. -
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Contemporary period
The period after the British Regime. It continues to be this period today. -
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Emigration to the United States
Many Canadians wanted to emigrate to the United States for many reasons. The shortage of farmland, the construction of the railway made transportation easy, the proximity of the USA, wages in factories were higher in the USA, the modernization of agricultural tools meant that workers weren't needed as much. -
National Policy
There was an economic crisis and that slowed down the population growth. To contain this crisis John A. Macdonald made his National Policy -
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World War I
Immigration started to stop during the war. There were fears that foreigners were dangerous so racist and discriminatory immigration policies were made. Those who were foreigners and already lived in Canada had their rights restricted. -
Baby Boom
Many babies were born after the second world war because all the husbands came back from war. This increased the population.
