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Period: Jan 1, 1497 to
Canada
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Oct 24, 1497
Italian navigator, John Cabot, reaches the coasts of Newfoundland and Cape Breton.
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Oct 24, 1534
Jacque Cartier explores the Saint Lawrence River, claiming the area for France
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Newfoundland becomes England's first overseas colony.
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London traders establish Hudson's Bay Company.
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The Treaty of Paris gives England control of France's territory in North America.
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Refugees from the American Revolutionary War who are loyal to the British move north presnet day Canada.
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War of 1812: American invasion of area aorund the Great Lakes and Canadian frontier.
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Oregon Treaty between the United States and Canada sets the new border at the 49th parallel
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Dominion of Canada is formed and self-governement was granted.
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Gold rush takes place along the Upper Yukon River.
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Canada fights on the side of British and French in World War I.
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Candian Great Depression. Canadian forces join the Allied Powers in World War II.
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World War II ends.
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U.S. spacecraft Apollo 11 lands on the moon with Canadian-built landing gear.
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U.S./ Canada Free Trade Agreement.
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Canada neds troops and supplies to aid U.S. in the Persian Gulf.
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The North America Free Trade Agreement(NAFTA) comes into affect, linking Canada, the United States and Mexico in a new economic partnership.
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Canada decides not to be part of the military coalition led by the United States against the Iraq