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Land Give-a-way
- Early 1800's
- Free Acres of land given away
- Land given to settlers
- Migration west started.
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War of 1812
- USA tried to invade Canada
- President Madison declared war on USA
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Upper and Lower Canada Settlement
- 50 villages in Upper + Lower Canada
- starting a change in agriculture
- subsistence farming (meaning they'd only farm as much as they need to)
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Immigration to Canada
- Soliders comming to Canada
- approx. 1.2 Million
- all british
- from wealthy families
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Moving of Regions
- Tuncan Cameron convinced colonists to eave region
- 133 colonists
- destroying lifestock
- burning housing
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HBC and NWC merge
- total control over Rupertsland
- reduce of workforce
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Trade went International
- fur sent over water
- sent to Brazil
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Durham report
- report on affairs of BNA
- Unite all of Canada
- causes conflict and lower Canada
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Act of Union
- Responsible government granted
- failed at shutting down French-Canadian political influence
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Compensation Bill passed
- anti rebel forces were outraged.
- could not veto the bill
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Seigneural Systems
- inspirted by feudal system
- aboulishment of seigneural systems
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First Gold Discovery
- Horsefly River
- Many discoveries followed
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Manifest Desitny
- USA threatened to invade
- USA outnumbered Canada
- America thought they should own Canada
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Bakerville
- first gold found here
- named after Billy Barker (founder)
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Conferences
- Maritime Unions discussed
- Nation Federation
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Bakerville Rebuilt
- destroyed due to fire
- rebuilt bigger and better
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John A. MacDonald
- First Prime Minister of Canada
- lost post due to Pacific Scandal.
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Canada dominion
- Canada became a country
- no longer bond with Britain
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HBC
- HBC sold Rupertsland
- got $300,000
- 2.8 million acres of Prairie Farmland
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Battle of the Routes
- 21 diffenerent routes
- For the railway
- 2 major population centers
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BC joined Confederation
- wanted a railway
- the only they joined was they'd get a railway
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Pacific Sandal
- Financial Scandal
- construction of railway was delayed.
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National Policy
- influenced west settlers
- government encouraged markets.
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CPR
- CPR syndicate formed
- significant progress
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Last Spike
- Railway completed
- 4 years after deadine