French-English Relations (1759-1867)

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
03/19/1670	Hudson Bay Company	The oldest incorporated joint stock company in the English-speaking world. Begun in 1670 and run as a monopoly devoted to the fur trade
03/19/1749	Halifax	the main British naval port in the West Atlantic
03/19/1763	Royal Proclamation	meant to protect Natives from uncontrolled white settlements
03/19/1766	Samuel Hearne:	explorer, fur trader. He joined the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and first European to reach the Arctic Ocean
03/19/1774	Quebec Act	intended to reorganize the way these British territories were governed
03/19/1784	David Thompson	fur trader, explorer, surveyor, mapmaker. Apprenticed to the HUDSON'S BAY CO
03/19/1812	General Isaac Brock	Military commander, administrator of Upper Canada. hero of the battle of Queenston Heights
07/01/1867	Confederation	The union of the British North American colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
03/19/1776 to 03/19/1783	American War of Independence	The American War of Independence
03/19/1780 to 03/19/1821	North-West Company	A major force in the fur trade
03/19/1812 to 03/19/1815	War of 1812	The war between the United States and Great Britain
03/19/1815 to 03/19/1850	Great Migration	Period of immigration to Canada
03/19/1864 to 03/19/1865	American Civil War,	American Civil War