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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 -
Halifax
the main British naval port in the West Atlantic -
Royal Proclamation
meant to protect Natives from uncontrolled white settlements -
Samuel Hearne:
explorer, fur trader. He joined the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and first European to reach the Arctic Ocean -
Quebec Act
intended to reorganize the way these British territories were governed -
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American War of Independence
The American War of Independence -
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North-West Company
A major force in the fur trade -
David Thompson
fur trader, explorer, surveyor, mapmaker. Apprenticed to the HUDSON'S BAY CO -
General Isaac Brock
Military commander, administrator of Upper Canada. hero of the battle of Queenston Heights -
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War of 1812
The war between the United States and Great Britain -
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Great Migration
Period of immigration to Canada -
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American Civil War,
American Civil War -
Confederation
The union of the British North American colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada.