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The oldest incorporated joint stock company in the English-speaking world. Begun in 1670 and run as a monopoly devoted to the fur trade.
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the main British naval port in the West Atlantic in1749
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Signed in 1763. meant to protect Natives from uncontrolled white settlements
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explorer, fur trader (b at London, Eng 1745; d there Nov 1792). He joined the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and first European to reach the Arctic Ocean in 1766.
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Signed in 1774, intended to reorganize the way these British territories were governed
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A major force in the fur trade from the 1780s to 1821.
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The war between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815.
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Military commander, administrator of Upper Canada. hero of the battle of Queenston Heights in 1812.
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The war between the United States and Great Britain ended 1815.
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Period of immigration to Canada from 1815 to 1850
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The union of the British North American colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada. Achieved 1 July 1867.
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The maps, based primarily on his own explorations and observations, were the first to provide a comprehensive view of the vast western territories that became part of Canada in 1870