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1497
John Cabot claims Newfoundland for Britain
John Cabot set sail in the summer of 1497. He was a citizen of Venice and did not claim any Canadian land. -
1535
Jacques Cartier claims the St.Lawrence region for France
Jacques Cartier was a french explorer who sailed the ocean and claimed the St. Lawrence river for France. His encounters with First Nations people were peaceful. -
Samuel de Champlain founded New France
What is now Quebec City was once what Samuel de Champlain discovered and colonized for France in 1608. The relationships between the Europeans and Indigenous people were positive and sparked the fur trade. -
Britain grants a charter to the Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company was a huge part of the fur trade. The fur trade created peaceful relationships between colonies and First Nations peoples. -
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Seven Years War
Britain and France engaged in a long war for control over north american colonies. Britain won control of the French colonies in the end. -
The Royal Proclamation
The Royal Proclamation was signed on October 7 1763. It established land grants and placed all colonial settlements under British control. -
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British immigration to Canada
Following the Royal Proclamation of 1763 about 750 000 British immigrants began migrating to Canada in search of land promised to them in the proclamation. -
Confederation of Canada
On July 1rst 1867 Canada brought into confederation. The first prime minister of Canada was John A Macdonald. -
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Red River Rebellion
When Metis people were being forced off of their land in 1869 they decided to rebel. The rebellion ended in 1870. -
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Signing of the numbered treaties
The prime minister John A Macdonald was trying to make the railroad so he proposed the treaties. They encouraged peace between the two groups. -
The Indian Act
The Indian Act was a law that the Canadian government put into place. It placed First Nations people under the authority of the government. -
Native residential schools open in Canada
Residential schools were government ran schools created to assimilate young First Nations and Metis children. These schools were proved to have abuse and mistreatment in them. -
Northwest Rebellion
In 1885 the government was not following treaty obligations that were agreed upon so metis and First Nations leaders rose up and resisted. The resistance lasted for five months. -
Royal Commision on Aboriginal Peoples
Brian Mulroney established this commission. What it is is a full government investigation of the issues between First Nations people and non First Nations people of Canada. -
The last Native residential school closes
The last residential school in Canada was the Gordon Indian Residential school located in Saskatchewan. It was managed by the anglican church and the students that attended it has spoken out about abuses they suffered while attending. -
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission established
This was made to fully compensate Aboriginal people for the pain the Canadian government caused in the past. It was also to made to gain awareness of the abuse.
