fighting broke out between the british and colonists
The British finally surrendered to the Americans in
many of them in the western part of Nova Scotia, which became a separate colony called New Brunswick in 1784.
The Constitutional Act of 1791 recognized the differences between the two populations in Quebec and split Quebec into two colonies
start of great migration
Period: to
GREAT MIGRATION
violence broke out between followers of Papineau and the government
The British government realized it had to make changes in the governments of the colonies after the 1837 rebellions in both Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
the potato famine started
During this period from 1848 to 1855 responsible government was also granted to each of the Maritime colonies, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland
