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Apr 30, 1534
New France begins
Jacques Cartier founded the colony New France for the French King. -
Period: Apr 30, 1534 to
Grade 7 - 72
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British North America begins
the British won the 7 years of war and France had to surrender New France after the Peace Treaty of 1763/Paris
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Attack on Fort Detroit
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The Bloody Assize
Assize is the historical term used for courts that administered civil and criminal law.
The Bloody Assize was a series of trials that occurred during the war of 1812.
There were many residents of Upper Canada who sided with the Americans.
In 1813, Canadian Militia found a group of these men in a house near Chatham Ontario. These prisoners were tried. Nineteen men were charged with high treason.
Fifteen were found guilty. -Nathan
Eight were hung to death. The rest were exiled.
