British North America Timeline!

  • Quebec act

    Quebec act

    this act was put into place in 1755 and was passed to gain the loyalty of the French speaking majority of the providence of Quebec
  • Loyalists

    Loyalists

    these were American colonists who remained loyal to the British crown, many served under Britain in the American revolution
  • Peter Pond

    Peter Pond

    pond was a fur trader, he moved from the great lakes to what is now the Canadian west
  • Sir Alexander Mackenzie

    Sir Alexander Mackenzie

    Mackenzie was a explorer and diplomat he was known for his journey to the pacific coast and the artic coast
  • David Thompson

    David Thompson

    thompson was a explorer, surveyour, and catographer was the first white man to explore the columbian river
  • Simon Fraser

    Simon Fraser

    Fraser was a explorer who charted what is now British Columbia he also built the first European settlement in British Columbia
  • Selkirk Settlers

    this is also known as the red river colony was a project set up by Thomas Douglas that granted him hudson bay
  • Issac brock and Tecumseh

    Issac brock and Tecumseh

    they met with first nations warriors to negotiate a alliance to battle the americans
  • Great Migration

    Great Migration

    the great migration of Canada which is also known great migration from Britain was a period of high immigration to Canada in 1815
  • George Etienne Cartier

    George Etienne Cartier

    he was known for the entry of Canada East which was basically, Quebec into the Confederation. he was also a voice in the French community
  • Industrialization

    this started in Montreal as the city offered great infrastructures such as the st Lawrence river
  • Confederation

    sovereign groups and states that are uniting for purposes of common action (a federal union)
  • Charlottetown conference

    brought together political figures from British north America to form the Canadian confederation and form 3 provinces
  • Sir john a McDonald

    Sir john a McDonald

    he was very important as he built up a successful national government, he was also the first candian prime minister