King of England grants Hudson’s Bay Company a monopoly of trade in Rupertsland
Expulsion of the Acadians
Treaty of Paris
Establishment of the Northwest Company and expansion of HBC trading postsinto the interior; voyageurs and Métis nation
Vikings land in L'Anse aux Meadows
The first Eurpeans ever to set foot in North America were the Vikings. They established a settlement in L'anse aux Meadows New Foundland but didn't stay long. North America didn't have what the Vikings were looking for.