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The Hudson's Bay Company was founded on this day.
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The Act of Settlement was signed.
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Treaty of Utrecht, an agreement concerning France and Britain located in the Netherlands was signed. This treaty ended the "War of the Spanish Succession
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British forces took control of Cape Breton.
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The North West Company, a large player in the Canadian Fur Trade was founded.
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The Metis Communities located in Western Canada were growing.
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Louis-Joseph Papineau was elected to the "Assembly of Lower Canada".
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The United States started to fight Britain and attacked Canada
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The "Treaty of Ghent" was signed effectively ending the War of 1812.
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The "Seven Oaks Incident" which saw the joining of the NWC and HBC occured.
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The "Rebellions of 1837" begin in March.
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Leaders of the "Patriote group" were arrested in connection of the rebellions of the 1830's.
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"The Reciprocity Treaty" was signed.
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The "American Civil War" Began. It ran up until 1865. It was between the North and the South parts of the United States.
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The Quebec Conferences were held in Quebec City.
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The "British Parliament" made the British North America Act law.
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A contract was signed with Canadian railroad "CPR" and "George Stephen".