History of Canada

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
07/03/1608	Quebec City	Quebec City was made a fur trade post for the French Colonists.
01/01/1670	Hudson Bay Company	King Charles II of Englnd gave the Hudson Bay Company monopaly on all the trading around the Hudson Bay.
01/01/1756	Start of Seven years War	The Seven Year War was mainly Britian and the Iroquois against the French.
01/01/1763	Treaty of Paris	The Treaty of Paris was signed, which allowed the French to keep 2 small islands off of Newfoundland.
01/01/1763	Seven Years War End	This was the end of the 7 year war. Britian lead by General James Wolfe defeated the French lead by Montcalm in the Plains of Abraham.
01/01/1763	British Colonial Rule Start	British Colonial rule starts on this day.
10/07/1763	The Royal Proclimation Act	The Royal Proclimation was made to assimilate the French into British ways.
01/01/1774	The Quebec Act	The Quebec Act gave the French more freedom. Allowed the French to keep there language, and culture. The act also created Upper and Lower Canada.
01/01/1783	North West Company was formed	The North West Company was formed creating competition between the Hudson Bay Compagny in fur trade.
01/01/1783	Treaty of Paris	The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution. The Loyalists who lived on America endured animosity from the Patriots.
01/01/1791	Constitutional Act	This act divided what is modern time Ontario and Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada. Ontarion was Upper Canada and Quebec is Lower Canada.
01/01/1811	The Settling in Red River	Lord Selkirk had settlers come to the Red River area to settle. The land was bough from the HBC since the Metis and Natives didn't officailly own the land
01/01/1812	War of 1812	The War of 1812 was between Great Britian and America. No one had won the war. This war was started because of unreasonal tax which was charged on American imports, and Manifest Destiny.
01/08/1814	Pemmican Proclimation	This proclimation was made to forbid the export of pemmican on that year because it was the main source of food for the new settlers.
01/01/1815	Corn Laws	The Corn Laws were put into action, stopping cheap wheat from comming into Britian. This is because wheat from Canada was far more cheap than the ones grown in Britian, this would make food industries in Britian go bankrupt, which is why this Law was put up.
06/19/1816	Battle of the Seven Oaks	The battle of Seven Oaks was suppose to be a friendly negotiation. However the Metis did not agree to the government's terms which lead to a battle.
01/01/1821	North West Company's Agreement	The North West Company agreed to bacome part of the Hudson Bay Company.
01/01/1841	Upper and Lower Canada	Upper and Lower Canada becomes two provinces. Upper became Ontario, and Lower became Quebec.
01/01/1841	Durham Report	This report was made to tell the British government the cause of the rebellions of 1837-1838. In the report he included that the main reason which cause the rebellion is that they wanted a responsible government.
02/10/1841	Act of Union	The Act of Union was made to have the same number of representatives from each province despite the population.
01/01/1846	Repel of Corn Laws	The Corn Laws was repeled, which lifted the barrier protecting British from cheap wheat.
01/01/1854	Start of Recipricity Treaty	The Reciprocity Treaty allowed Canada and America to trade goods for free.
01/01/1854	Political Deadlock Starts	Political deadlock started when no party was able to stay in power long enough to provide stability. This was between George Brown and Macdonald..
01/01/1859	Capital City Decided	Ottawa was decided as the capital city of Canada in 1859.
01/01/1861	America Begins Cival War	Cival War starts in America.
01/01/1864	Great Coalition	The Great Coalition is formed between Macdoanld, Cartier, and Brown.
01/01/1864	Brown's Announcment	Brown announced that he was able to work woith his political enemies, Macdonald and Cartier. His political views changed when he fell in love.
01/01/1864	Political Deadlock Ends	Political deadlock ends wth Macdonald in power. THis happend because Brown had fell in love, and his political views changed,
01/01/1864	Political Deadlock Ends	Political Deadlock ends with Macdonald in power. This was becase Brown had changed his political views.
09/01/1864	Start of Charlottetown Conference	This was the beggining of the Charlottown Conference. This conference was informal. Basicly so that people will know each other better.
09/09/1864	Charlottetown Conference Ends	Charlottetown Conference comes to an end.
10/10/1864	Quebec Conference Begins	The Quebec conference begins. Discusions were on more serious matters.
10/27/1864	Quebec Conference Ends	The Quebec conference ends. THe final desision was to confederate all the provinces.
01/01/1865	Cancelation of the Reciprocity Treaty	The Recprocity Treaty was called to an end, thus ending the free trade between Canada and America.
01/01/1865	American Cival War Ends	American Cival War has ended,
01/01/1866	Fenians Invade New Brunswick	The Fenians invade New Brunswick.
07/02/1866	Annexation Bill	The Bill was proposed to the United States House of Representatives, but was never passed.
12/04/1866	London Conference Begins	London conference starts on this day, where they presented the 72 resolutions to the Queen.
01/01/1867	Macdonald Becomes First Prime Minster	Macdonald wins the election.
01/01/1867	BNA Act	The BNA Act was signed by Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
03/29/1867	London Conference Ends	This is the end of the London conference. Canada was finally confederated after the Queen signed the BNA Act.
07/01/1867	Ontario	Ontario joined Confederation on this day.
07/01/1867	Quebec	Quebec joined confederation on this day.
07/01/1867	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia joined confederation on this day.
07/01/1867	New Brunswick	New Brinswick joined confederation on this day.
07/01/1867	Dominion of Canada	The Dominion fo Canada is officailly formed on this day.
01/01/1868	D'Arcy McGee was Assasinated	Thomas D'Arcy McGee was assinated by a Fenian. This is the only political assasination in Canada. This was because D'Arcy was an Irish man who did not support the views of the Fenians.
01/01/1869	Red River Rebellion	The start of the Red RIver Rebellion.
01/01/1869	Canadian Government Buys Rupert Land	The Canadain Government buys Rupert's Land from the HBC or Hudson Bay Company.
02/11/1869	Murderer of D'Arcy McGee Hanged	Partrick James Whelan was hanged for the assasination of D'Arcy McGee
11/01/1869	Metis Siezes Upper Fort Gary	The Metis Siezed Upper Fort Gary in November. (Date not specified) They did this to get the governments attention, which allowed them to set up a provisional government.
12/01/1869	Metis Bill of RIghts	The Metis Bill of Rights was made to give the Metis people a comprimise for the land.
12/02/1869	Provisional Government	A provisional government was set up with their leader Louis Riel.
07/15/1870	Manitoba	Manitoba joined confederation on this day.
07/15/1870	Northwest Territories	Northwest Terrotories joined confederation on this day.
08/01/1870	Louis Riel Flees to America	Louis Riel was wanted by the government for treason because lead a rebellion with his provisional solders. Another reason is that when they captured Fort Gary, they has killed Scott Thomas, one of the important figures in parliment.
01/01/1871	Macdonald in Power Again	Macdonald comes back in power. The CPR construction was slowed down.
07/20/1871	British Columbia	British Columbia joined confederation on this day.
01/01/1873	Pacific Scandal	People thought that bribes were accepted by the Conservative government, used to build the railway.
01/01/1873	North West Police	In 1873 Macdonald had made the North West Army to control the amount of stealling in the West. This is because in the West there is only good farmland, nothing else. This had made lives harder for many people who settled there and cause them to loot other people for resources such as wood, and livestocks.
07/01/1873	Prince Edward Island (P.E.I)	Prince Edward Island joined confederation on this day.
01/01/1874	Rules for Election	Secret Ballet was used instead of public voting, and money spent on campain must be documented.
01/01/1874	Alexander Mackenzie Gets Elected as Prime Minister	Alexander Mackenzie gets elected as a Liberal Prime Minister. This had caused delays in the railway.
01/01/1876	The Indian Act	The Indian Act was made to identify First Nations from other people. This Act gave you an Indian Status,which makes you stay in the reserves, and allowed the government to take resources from the reserves for free, and no right to vote. If you marry a woman with Indian status then she woun;t have Indian status anymore, it is the opposite for a male.
01/01/1878	Monteal Company Gets Contract to CPR	A Montreal company bought the contract to the CPR.
01/01/1878	National Policy	The National Policy states that tarrifs are increased on imports. Strengthining the Dominion. Finish the CPR. Settleling in the West.
01/01/1881	CPR was Founded	CPR was founded on this day.
01/01/1885	Metis Petition For More Rights	The Metis petitioned for their rights but was ignored by the government.
03/19/1885	MorthWest Rebellion	The Metis begin to rebel. They sieze a prodistant church. War then began.
11/07/1885	Completion of the CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway)	The last spike was drivin in on this day. This signifies the completion of a magnificent fieat. The completion of the CPR.
11/16/1885	Louis Riel Executed	Louis Riel is executed for treason on this day.
08/16/1896	Gold was Discovered at Kondlike (Start of Gold Rush)	Gold was discovered near Kondlike at Fraiser River, which started the gold rush.
06/13/1898	Yukon	Yukon joined confederation on this day.
01/01/1899	Gold Rush Ends	The gold rush ended when gold was found in Nome.
09/01/1905	Alberta	Alberta joined confederation on this day.
09/01/1905	Saskatchewen	Saskatchewen joined confederation on this day.
03/31/1949	Newfoundland	Newfoundland joined confederation on this day.
01/01/1967	The Canadian Army	Canada offically got an army in 1967.
01/01/1990	Free Trade	Canada has agreed on free trade between the United States and Mexico.
04/01/1999	Nunavut	Nunavut joined confederation on this day.