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France established two colonies in the early 1600s in what is now Canada.
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The territory now known as Canada was originally a French colony under the name of New France until 1763.
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The Seven Years' War was an armed conflict that occurred between 1756 and 1763 to determine control of Silesia in Europe as well as colonial supremacy in North America and India.
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Canada's largest contribution to the Allied war effort was its ground forces, which fought on the Western Front.
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In addition to the Canadian destroyer already there since 1939, Canada provided troops from May 1940 to assist in the defence of the West Indies.
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Canada is a state located at the northernmost tip of North America.