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Hudson Bay Company
The oldest incorporated joint stock company in the English-speaking world. Begun in 1670 and run as a monopoly devoted to the fur trade. -
British naval port
the main British naval port in the West Atlantic in1749 -
Royal Proclamation
Signed in 1763. meant to protect Natives from uncontrolled white settlements -
Samuel Hearne
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. -
Quebec Act
Signed in 1774, intended to reorganize the way these British territories were governed -
North-West Company
A major force in the fur trade from the 1780s to 1821. -
Beginning the War of 1812
The war between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815. -
General Isaac Brock
Military commander, administrator of Upper Canada. hero of the battle of Queenston Heights in 1812. -
end of the War of 1812
The war between the United States and Great Britain ended 1815. -
Great Migration
Period of immigration to Canada from 1815 to 1850 -
Confederation
The union of the British North American colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada. Achieved 1 July 1867. -
David Thompson
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