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1000
Vikings first came over to Canada/America
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1497
John Cabot found land and called it New-Found-Land
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1513
Juan Ponce de Leon arrived in what is now Florida looking for gold and the fabled Fountain of Youth
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Spanish missionaries came over hoping to convert local native populations but many of the missions were destroyed by an uprising of Guale Indians
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Period: to
Beaver Wars (French and England)
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English colonies in the south had expanded and new settlements were established in New-found Land and South of the Hudson Bay
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Treaty of Utrechct
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Period: to
French and Indian War
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The United States declared war against Great Britain
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British and American armies launched several invasions against each other
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Act of Union united upper and lower Canada into the new province of Canada
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The disputed organ territory was peacefully divided between Great Britain and the US
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The US/Canadian Boarder from Vancouver Island to Great Lakes was established
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The British North America Act or Constitution Act established Canada as a self-governing democracy with Ottawa as his capital city.
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Period: to
Red River Rebellion
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Canada adopted its current flag