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John Cabot began European exploration in 1497, who was the first person to draw a map of Canada's East Coast,
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Jacques Cartier made three voyages across the Atlantic, claiming the land for King Francis the first, of France.
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By the 1550's, the name "Canada" began appearing on maps.
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French ecplorers Perrie de Monts, and Samuel de Champlain first on St. Croix Island began settlements (which is now known as Maine), then at Port-Royal. in Acadia (now known as Nove Scotia).
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In 1608, Champlain built a fortress that is now known as Quebec city.
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In 1670, King Charles the second granted the Hudson's Bay company exclusive trading rights over the watershed draining into the Hudson Bay.
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In the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, the British defeated the French.
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The British Parliment passed the Quebec Act od 174 to better govern the French Roman Catholic majority.
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The 13 Britieh colonies to the south of Quebec declared independence and formed the United States in 1776.
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The Constitutional Act of 1791 is passed, dividing the Province of Quebec into Upper Canada, and Lower Canada,
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Some Black Nova Scotians who were given poor land moved to establish Freetown, Siera Leone, for freed slaves.
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In 1807, British Parliment prohibitd the buying and selling of Slaves and in 1833 abolished slavery throughout the Empire.
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In 1813, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles de Salaberry and 460 soldiers, mostly french Canadiens, turned baxk 4,000 American invaders at Chateauguay, south of Montreal.
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The Firt British North American colony to attain full responsible government was Nova Scotia.
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Until 1982, Huly first was celebrated as "Dominion Day" to commemorate the day that Canada became a self-governing Dominion. Now, it is known as Canada Day.
