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Oct 24, 1497
Italian born navigator John Cabot reaches the coasts of Newfoundland and Cape Breton
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Period: Oct 24, 1497 to
Canada
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Period: Oct 24, 1497 to
Canada
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Oct 24, 1534
Jaque 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 Amercia
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Refugees from the Amercian Revolutionary War who are loyal to the British move north present day Canada
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War of 1812: American invasion of area around the Great Lakes and the 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 government is granted
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Gold Rush takes place along the Upper Yukon River
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Canada fights on the side of the British and French in World War I
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Canadian 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 aggrement
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The North Amercia Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect, linking Canada, the United States and Mexico in a new economic partnership
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Canada decides not to be a part of the military coalition led by the United States against Iraq