First Nations & New France

  • Feb 19, 1000

    Viking Explorers reached North America

  • Feb 19, 1492

    Christopher Columbus lands in America

  • Feb 19, 1497

    John Cabot lands in Canada

  • Feb 19, 1500

    Value of beacer pelts soar

  • Feb 19, 1535

    Cartier reaches interior Canada

  • The French found a new colony and call it Acadia

  • Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec

  • Henry Hudson sailed into Hudson Bay

  • Population of Quebec is 60

  • King Louis XIV makes New France a royal province

  • Hudson's Bay Company opens up fur trading posts

  • Louis de Buade. Comte de Frontenac became governer of New France

  • Population of New France reaches 6,700

  • Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur La Salle reached the mouth of the Mississippi

  • Beginning of 7 Years War

  • British armies capture Quebec City