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28,000 BCE
Natives come to Americas
The Natives cross over the land bridge of ice and come to settle in the New World -
4000 BCE
Natives settle in Quebec
The Natives come to the Quebec territory -
Tadoussac
Established by Pierre Chauvin -
Missionaries
Missionaries set up villages
Trying to convert the Aboriginals -
Port Royal
Established by De Monts
Never grew, stayed a trading post -
Foundation of Quebec
Founded by Champlain -
Period: to
French rule over New France
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The Company of One Hundred Associates
The king gave the monopoly of the fur trade to The Company of One Hundred Associates in exchange for colonizing New France.
Founded for the colony -
Seigneuries
- New France was divided into seigneuries, like in France
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Foundation of Trois-Riviere
Founded by Laviolette -
Disease outbreak
Causes many deaths among Aboriginals
Caused by interactions between Aboriginals and French merchants -
Foundation of Ville-Marie/Montreal
- Founded by Chomedey de Maisonneuve
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King of France takes control of New France
The King of France removes the right of the monopoly over the fur trade from the Company of One Hundred Associates and takes control of the colony -
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Intendant Jean Talon
Immigration policies
Birth policies
Doubled population in >12yrs -
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Seven Years War
War in Europe, spreads to colonies -
Period: to
England military rule of New France
England takes over New France and controls it with a military government
Still belongs to France, but controlled by England -
Treaty of Paris
Ends Seven Years War -
Royal Proclamation
First constitution of the Province of Quebec
"squash like a bug" (referring to the French) -
Period: to
England official rule over New France
France gives up New France in Treaty
England becomes the actual owner of New France -
Quebec Act
"gifts" to the French
Restore French civil laws -
Treaty of Versailles
- Ended American-British war
- Reduced the Province of Quebec
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Constitutional Act
"The compromise" (between French Canadians and British Loyalists)
Upper and Lower Canada -
Period: to
Loyalists immigration
- More than 15,000 loyalists
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Period: to
Rebellions in Lower and Upper Canada
Economic and Agricultural crises
Refusal of Britain to grant the Political Reforms demanded by the Legislative Assembly
Establishment of a responsible Government -
Smallpox epidemic - Montreal
Killed more than 3,000 people
Diarrhea, tuberculosis, diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid
