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British Rule over Canada
Territories, colonies and provinces that would become part of modern Canada were under control of the English, and later British, Empire from the sixteenth century, when France also had claims in the area. However, the most populous areas of Canada in the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes region, as well as much of the Maritime province were acquired under the Treaty of Paris of 1763 when France gave up all claims to mainland North America, and former French colonies were transferred to Britain. Cana -
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Events in the 19th Century
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Slavery in the British Colonies of Canada is Abolished
1807
The British Parliament approves the Abolition of Slave Trade bill on March 25. While the bill does not free slaves, it does outlaw any further trade. Under the law, any British captain caught transporting slaves will be fined £100 for each slave found aboard the ship.Some captains reduced their fines by ordering slaves thrown overboard if their ships faced capture by authorities. Prime Minister William Grenville says the slave trade is "contrary to the principles of justice, humanity and s -
US declares war on Britain (War of 1812)
Wikipedia war of 1812The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, the impressment of American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy, British support of American Indian tribes against American expansion, and outrage over insults to national honor after humiliations on the high seas. Tied down in Europe until -
Birth of John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC (Can), QC (11 January 1815 – 6 June 1891) was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century. Macdonald served 19 years as Canadian Prime Minister; only William Lyon Mackenzie King served longer.
Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family emigrated to Kingston, Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). He articled with a local lawyer, who died be -
Birth of Emily Stowe
Emily Howard Stowe, née Jennings, physician (b at Norwich, UC 1 May 1831; d at Toronto 30 Apr 1903). A lifelong champion of women's rights, Emily Stowe taught school in Brantford and Mount Pleasant, Canada W, and in 1856 married John Stowe, whose illness from tuberculosis inspired her to seek a career in medicine. No Canadian college would accept a woman student, so she enrolled at the New York Medical College for Women and on her graduation in 1867 set up a practice in Toronto. She was the firs -
First Railway Incorporated in Canada
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), formerly also known as CP Rail (reporting mark CP) between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railroad founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, it owns approximately 14,000 miles (22,500 km) route miles of track all across Canada and into the United States,[1] stretching from Montreal to Vancouver, and as far no -
Rioting in Montreal
Rioting erupted during a by-election in Montreal when the Patriote candidate began to take the lead. British soldiers fired on the crowd, killing 3. -
Rebellions against British rule in Upper and Lower Canada
The Rebellions of 1837 - 1838 were a pair of Canadian armed uprisings that occurred in 1837 and 1838 in response to frustrations in political reform. A key shared goal was the allowance of responsible government, which was eventually achieved in the incident's aftermath. -
Act of Union
Act of the British Parliament, passed July 1840 and proclaimed 10 February 1841, uniting UPPER CANADA and LOWER CANADA under one government. The reunification was a recommendation of the 1839 DURHAM REPORT, and the necessary legislation to establish the new PROVINCE OF CANADA was introduced in the British Commons in May 1839. In September, Charles Poulett Thomson (later Lord SYDENHAM) was sent as governor general to acquire Canadian consent, which he obtained from Lower Canada in November and fr -
First prime minister of canada
John A macdonald was a politician for Canada west(now ontario).John A macdonald argued for the unifacation of the colonies for many years. at the time of the confederation he was names canada's first prime minister -
Confederation
Canadian Confederation (French: Confédération canadienne) was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed on July 1, 1867. On that day, three British colonies were formed into four Canadian provinces. The British Province of Canada was divided into the new Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and two other British colonies, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, also became provinces of Canada. -
Expanding Canada
it was around this time that canada started to buy land from the Hudson's Bay company. Mostly the land that was Bought by canada was land Between BC and OntarioAlso at this time a group of metis Aboriginals near the red river area decided to join canada.This ended up creating the Northwest Territories and manitoba
