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This is Canada's first newspaper, established in Nova Scotia. This event is very important because it means that now Canadians have the ablitity to spread informations though news quickly. Primary source evidence: newspaper from 1752
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The Seven Years War began in 1754, and ends on 1763 Feb 10th. This war was fought in Europe, India, America and at sea. It was the first global war.
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Hudson Bay, sometimes (usually historically) called Hudson's Bay, is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada, with a surface area of 1,230,000 square kilometres (470,000 sq mi).
The Rocky Mountains, commonly known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States. -
The Siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal battle of the Seven Years' War (known in the United States as the French and Indian War) in 1758 that ended the French colonial era in Atlantic Canada and led directly to the loss of Quebec in 1759 and the remainder of French North America the following year.
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Historical significance: ended the Seven Years’ War, and created the basis for the modern country of Canada. The Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War.
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James Murray (21 January 1721, Ballencrieff, East Lothian, Scotland – 18 June 1794, Battle, East Sussex) FRS was a British soldier, whose lengthy career included service as colonial administrator and governor of the Province of Quebec and later as Governor of Minorca from 1778 to 1782. His term in Quebec was notably successful, and marked with excellent relationships with the conquered French-Canadians. who were reassured of their traditional rights and customs.
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Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB (3 September 1724 – 10 November 1808), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and administrator. He twice served as Governor of the Province of Quebec, from 1768 to 1778, concurrently serving as Governor General of British North America in that time, and again from 1785 to 1795.
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The Hudson’s Bay Company opens Cumberland House on the Saskatchewan river. -
The Quebec Act was designed to extend the boundaries of Quebec and guaranteed religious freedom to Catholic Canadians.
Cause and consequence: lead to today’s conflict between French and English Canadian.
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The American Revolution (1775-83) is also known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown.
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Captain James Cook, FRS, RN (7 November 1728– 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. He was killed a year after in 1779
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Video clip The American revolutionary war ended on September 3rd, 1783
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Historical significance: the basis of modern Canada. It was created as a result of the partitioning of the British Colony of Nova Scotia in 1784. Fredericton is the capital, Moncton is the largest metropolitan (CMA) area and Saint John is the most populous city.
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Fredericton opens a Provincial Academy of Arts and Sciences, the germ of the University of New Brunswick.
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At the behest of the North West Company, Alexander Mackenzie journeys to the Beaufort Sea, following what would later be named the Mackenzie River
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Province of Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario) formed
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Captain George Vancouver starts summer voyages to explore the coast of mainland British Columbia and Vancouver Island
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York is founded by John Graves Simcoe, lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada.
Historical significance: formation of one of the busiest cities of modern Canada. -
York becomes the capital of Upper Canada
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Exact date is unknown The first paper mill is established in Lower Canada, producing paper from cloth rags.
Historical perspectives: improve the ability of communication. -
Le Canadien, a Quebec nationalist newspaper is founded
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Fulton sails Hudson River in first steamboat.
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Simon Fraser follows Fraser River to the Pacific
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United States declares war on Britain.
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The Battle of York was fought on April 27, 1813. The Americans won a clear victory and burnt York.
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The Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812, returns the captured territory to the Americans
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Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the woods to the Rocky Mountains.(treaty 1818)
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The Lachine Canal is completed
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Fort Gratiot Light, first on Lake Huron
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Miramichi Fire kills more than 160 persons and consumes 6000 square miles of forest in New Brunswick
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royal engineer Col. John By builds the Rideau Canal
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the Rideau Canal built by royal engineer Col. John By opened
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York is renamed Toronto
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the first railway in Canada opens, running from La Prairie to St. John’s, Quebec
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Upper Canada rebels scatter after militiamen attack and burn Montgomery’s Tavern
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James Douglas of the Hudson’s Bay Company founds Victoria and Vancouver Island
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Sir John Franklin and his crew disappear in the Arctic while searching the Northwest Passage
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Oregon Treaty sets the 49th parallel as the western Canada/U.S. boundary
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English Tory mob burns the parliament buildings in Montreal after Governor General Lord Elgin signs the rebellion Losses Bill
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The first Canadian postage stamps are printed
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St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad constructed
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Bytown is renamed Ottawa
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Queen Victoria names Ottawa as capital of the Province of Canada
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Toronto Stock Exchange founded
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Held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Representitives from British North America colonies discuss Canadian Confederation
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Queen Victoria gives royal assent to the British North America Act
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Treaty No.1 is signed
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Treaty No.2 is signed
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North-west mounted police founded
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The supreme Court of Canada is created
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Great Fire of Saint John, New Brunswick
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O Canada first performed
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Canadian Pacific Railway incorporated
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Canada adpots Standard Time
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a violent, five-month insurgency against the Canadian government. An unsuccessful uprising by the Métis people under Louis Riel.
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Sir John A. Macdonald’s Conservatives win a fourth consecutive majority
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Parliament passes the Criminal Code, a law that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada.
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a political crisis in the Canadian Province of Manitoba involving publicly funded separate schools for Roman Catholics and Protestants.
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Sir Mackenzie Bowell become prime minister
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Series of Boer War started on Feburary 18th, 1900
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Canada loses the Alaska boundary dispute when British tribunal representative Lord Alverstone sides with the U.S.. Silver is discovered in Northern Ontario.
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Saskatchewan and Alberta join Confederation. Immigrants rush to settle in the plains, mainly as wheat farmers.
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J. A. D. McCurdy makes the first manned flight in the British Empire, at Baddect N.S.
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Royal Canadian navy formed
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Britain declares war on Germany, automatically drawing Canada into the conflict (WWI)
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Canadian troops in the Second Battle of Ypres hold against history's first major gas attack
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At 10:58 am Private George Price of the 28th Battalion is killed by a sniper. Two minutes later at 11:00 am the armistice came into effect. The war was over.
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This day is called Bloody Saturday when police charged a demonstration of strikers during the Winnipeg General Strike, killing two and wounding twenty-seven others.
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The Bluenose is launched at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
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Mackenzie King and the Liberals win federal election
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The Balfour Declaration defines British dominions as autonomous and equal in status
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North American stock markets crash and the Great Depression begins
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The Conservatives under R.B. Bennett win federal election
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The Statute of Westminister authorizes the Balfour Declaration, granting Canada full legislative authority in both internal and external affairs
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The Bank of Canada is created with a mandate to be the sole issuer of Canadian banknotes
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Trans Canada Air Lines (later Air Canada) begins regular flights
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The Japanese attack the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii and Canada declares war on Japan
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About 22,000 Canadians of Japanese descent are stripped of non-portable possessions, interned and evacuated as security risks
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The first Canadian nuclear reactor goes into operation
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Newfoundland and Labrador joined Confederation as the tenth province
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The first Canadian scheduled TV broadcast
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The National Library is established in Ottawa
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John Diefenbaker and the Conservatives win a minority government
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Diefenbaker's minority becomes the largest majority ever obtained in a federal election
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Liberals under Jean Lesage win provincial election in Quebec, inaugurating the Quiet Revolution which pressed for special status within Confederation
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The Trans-Canada Highway opens
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Canada got its new maple leaf flag
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The air force, army and navy are unified as the Canadian Armed Forces
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Start from Oct 5 to Dec 28
involved the kidnapping and murder of Pierre Laporte, a provincial cabinet minister and the kidnapping and subsequent release of James Cross, a British diplomat, by the FLQ members
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War Measure Act invoked, banning the FLQ and leading eventually to nearly 500 arrests
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Trudeau's Liberals win a majority government
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Rene Levesque and Parti Quebecois win a provincial election
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Quebec voters reject "sovereignty association" in favor of renewed Confederation
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The federal and provincial governments (except Quebec) agree on a method to repatriate Canada's constitution
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Canada gets a new Constitution Act including Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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Canada receives a United Nations award for sheltering world refugees
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the unpopular GST (Good and Services Tax) comes into effect
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Canadian leaders adopt the Charlottetown Accord to reform Canada's constitution, but in a national referendum in October, Canadians rejected it
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the North American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect, linking Canada, United States, and Mexico in a new economic partnership
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Quebec votes in a referendum on sovereignty and federalists win a razor-thin victory.
