Canadian History 8

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1670	HBC Trading Monopoly	King Charles II of england granted HBC monopoly on all trading around the Hudson Bay. This area was called Rupert's Land and no one was to colonize on it.
01/01/1763	The Royal Proclamation	This said that the french people who lived in Quebec were to follow british culture and were not to speak french. They used assimilation by enforcing laws, customs and english language onto the people of Quebec.
01/01/1774	The Quebec Act	The British Government passed the Quebec Act, giving the french the right to maintain their french culture and language.
01/01/1775	Loyalist Migration	Loyalists for the Thirteenth Colonies moved north due to animosity from the Patriots.
01/01/1783	Treaty of Paris	This ended the American Revolution by Britian surrendering the land south of the great lakes, formerly known as the Thirteenth Colonies.
01/01/1784	Two more Colonies	The Brtitish Government created 2 more colonies, New Brunswick and Cape Breton Islands, due to the overwhelming number of loyalists.
01/01/1791	Constitutional Act	This at split Upper and Lower Canada and gave them each their own government and representative vote.
01/01/1793	Treaty of Paris	The treaty was signed saying that France was able to keep two small islands off of Newfoundland.
09/10/1812	The Battle of Lake Erie	This is one of the many battles that were fought during the war of 1812. This battle was fought in Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie, Ontario and was an American Victory.
10/05/1812	The Battle of the Thames	This is one of the many battles that were fought during the war of 1812. This battle was fought near Moravian of the Thames First Nation (Chatham Kent) , Ontario and was an American Victory.
10/13/1812	The Battle of Queenston Heights	This is one of the many battles that were fought during the war of 1812. This battle was fought in Queenston, Ontario and was a British Victory.
01/01/1814	The Pemmican Proclamation	This Proclamation stated that no food could be taken from Assiniboia without a license. This angered the Metis greatly as pemmican was their main source of food and they also would sell it to the settlers, which was their main source of income. In turn, this caused the metis to fight back and destroy settlers crops and they attacked Fort Douglas.
01/01/1816	Seven Oaks	The Metis met with the new governer at Seven Oaks. This meeting broke out into a battle. No ones sure who started it but, in the end 1 metis died and 21 settlers died.
01/01/1821	HBC and North West Company joined	the two companies finally settled an argeement and join as one. They were then collectively called HBC.
01/01/1823	Lachine Canal	Built to bypass rapids in the St.Lawrence.
12/19/1829	Welland Canal	Built to bypass Niagara Falls.
01/01/1841	Act of Union	This act recommended uniting the two canadas and granting them responsible government. They would have equal representation of Upper and Lower Canada and they would have a sinlge government.
01/01/1845	Reciprocity Treaty	Lord Elgin brought up the Reciprocity treaty 3/4 of the merchants in montreal faced bancrupcy due to the Repeal of the Corn laws. The Reciprocity treaty allowed free trade on specific items traded between Canada and the US.
01/01/1846	Repeal of Corn Laws	This guaranteed that no cheap wheat (the british called wheat corn) would be imported to compete with british farmers. In Britain they didnt have to pay taxes on wheat but for wheat that was imported from BNA it would cost alot more. As a result BNA farmers abandonded their farmers and moved south to the US.
01/01/1847	Responsible Government is achieved in Nova Scotia	Responsible government is when members of the executive council are chosen from the group with the most elected members in the Legislative Assembly.
01/01/1849	Responsible Government is Achieved In Canada East And West	Responsible government is when members of the executive council are chosen from the group with the most elected members in the Legislative Assembly.
01/01/1849	Rebellion Losses Bill	The people of Canada East wanted repayment for their losses during the rebellion.The people of Canada West had already been granted repayment. Lord Elgin had to sign this bill against his will because the majority of elected representatives voted for it.
01/01/1850	The Fugitive Slave Act	This act said that anyone that knew the where abouts of or held fugitives would be imprisoned.
12/20/1856	Grand Trunk Railway	A railway between Toronto and Montreal. It allowed for the travel of goods and of people.
08/01/1864	Charlotte Town Conference	This conference was originally for the maritime colonies to discuss a maritime union. Once Canada East and West found out,hey asked if they could sit in. They had the intentions of trying to convince them to expand the union to Confederation. Confederation was discussed lightly at this event. However, it was generally a social event. From this they decided to have another conference in Quebec later on. Canada East and West, Nova Scotia, New Brusnwick, and PEI attended this conference.
10/01/1864	Quebec Conference	The same delegates that attended the Charlotte town conference, attended the Quebec conference. Except this time Newfoundland attended as well. At this conference they has many debates and in dept conversations about confederation. The result of this conference, was Nova Scotia, New Brunswisk and Canada East and Weat agreeing to join confederation and drawing up the 72 resolutions to present to Britain.
01/01/1866	Fenians Annexation Bill	It never passed in the US house of representatives. This bill called for annexation of BNA and acceptance of its provinces as states in the union.
11/06/1866	The London Conference	Canadian delgates travelled to London to present the 72 resolutions. At the London conference a few minor changes were made to the resolutions.
01/01/1867	Alaska	The US purchased Alaska. This caused Canada to fear that they would use this as an opportunity to take over the Territories.
01/01/1867	Indian Act	This act agred that the would give certain people "indian" status. This was for full blooded aboriginals. NO METIS If you had indian status you have certain privalges. They would get assigned land and other privlages they they wanted. Except, there were many disadvantages for the "Indians" they had no right to vote and they could not drink alcohol. Also, the government could take resources fromt he land without paying the indians. There were many other conditions that made it unfair to the FN.
03/29/1867	Dominion of Canada	On this day, Queen Victoria signed the BNA act (which was formed based on the 72 resolutions). Officailly uniting Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia as the Dominion of Canada
12/20/1867	NW Territories & Rupert's Land	This was the year that the North-West territories and Rupert's Land joined confederation.
12/01/1869	Metis Bill of Rights	This was a list of conditions for the government to abide by. It included things like the right to pass their own local laws and have seperate schools for religion.
12/19/1869	Rupert's Land	Canada made a deal with HBC and bought Ruperts Land
12/20/1870	Manitoba Act	This was the government's response to the Metis provisional government and their bill of rights. This act officailly named the red river colonies and its surrondings, the province of Manitoba. This gauranteed land titles for the land the metis already farmed. This act also set aside land for the metis.
01/01/1871	B.C.	British Columbia joined confederation in this year and became the sixth province of canada
01/01/1872	Dominion Land Acts	This act gave settlers a great deal on the land out west. It involved a $10 registration fee. Also, the settlers had to work on the land for 3 years to obtain it and if one left, they would have to forfeit the land.
01/01/1873	Pacific Scandal	MacDonald needed money for his campaign so, a railway owner, Sir Hugh Allan, donated $360 000 (equivilent of around 7 million now). This was a problem when Sir Hugh Allan was given the grant for the CPR. His contibution was seen as a bribe, once it got out that he had funded MacDonalds campaign. Due to this, MacDonald was force to resign.
01/01/1873	NWMP	John A. MacDonald created the North West Mounted Police. They were the police of the praries. They were made to: keep peace, look over the construction of the CPR in the praries, stop americans from invading, and stop whisky trades.
12/20/1873	P.E.I.	This is the year that Prince Edward island decided to join confederation and it became the seventh province in canada.
01/01/1874	Liberals Gain Power	Due to the Pacific Scandal, The conservatives lost the next election and the Liberals were voted into power, with Alexandar Mackenzie as the prime minister. While in power, Mackenzie started the secret ballot and he also made it a necessity that all spendings in the government to be documented.
01/01/1878	MacDonald Returns	The Conservatives got elected back into power. MacDonald proposed a national policy. This would include a trans continental railway, settlement of the west, and protective tarrifs.
01/01/1878	CPR back on track	They were running out of time for the railway as the Liberals being in power was a set back. The Montreal Company got the new contract.
01/01/1885	Northwest Rebellion	The metis tried to petition to MacDonald for rights but they were denied. Because of this Louis Riel came back and on March 19th they seized a protestant church and set up a provisional government. After this, war broke out.
11/07/1885	CPR completed	The CPR was completed in Craigellachie, British Columbia. Donald Smith, who was the president of the Bank of Montreal and provided most of the funding for the CPR, put in the last spike.
11/16/1885	The Hanging of Louis Riel	Louis was eventually captured and was put on trial for high treason. There was a big conflict with this when everyone trying him was white and Natives and Metis werent even allowed inside the building. He was found guilty and had two options prison or death. In the end he was hung despite what the queen thought and it ended up causing an uproar and burning or parliment buildings.
01/01/1888	Van Horne CPR president	This was the year that William Van Horne officailly became the president of the CPR. He was originally the general manager, he hired navvies and purchased materials but was officailly promoted to president because of his large contirbution to and involvement in the CPR.
01/01/1898	Yukon	Yukon became the second territory because of the gold rush, Canada decided to make it a territory in fear that the US would take it.
01/01/1905	Alberta & Saskatchewan	This was the year that the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta were made. Saskatchewan as the third largest province in canada and alberta as the fifth.
01/01/1949	Newfoundland	Newfoundland joined confederation and in 2001 it was changed to Newfoundland & Labrador.
01/01/1990	Free Trade	Free trade was establidhes between Canada, the US and Mexico
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
01/01/1670 to 01/01/1869	HBC controlled Ruperts Land
01/01/1763 to 01/01/1774	Britain Occupied the Land Around the Great lakes
01/01/1763 to 01/01/1931	British Colonial Rule
01/01/1783 to 01/01/1821	Fur trade was Booming	HBC was the main trading companny, people not with HBC join together to form the North West Company.
09/15/1812 to 09/15/1814	The War of 1812	This was the war between the USA and Great Britian. Major battles were fought in both Upper and Lower Canada. However, this was the war that nobody won.
01/01/1815 to 01/01/1850	The Great Migration	People were migrating to canada due to many things, such as, the potato famine (this brought the irish) and the underground railway (this brought slaves from the USA).
10/01/1837 to 10/01/1838	Rebellions
01/01/1846 to 01/01/1854	Lord Elgin was Governor General of Canada
01/01/1861 to 01/01/1865	Civil War	The Civil war in the US was between the North and South. this war was over slavery.