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Oct 24, 1497
John Cabot
Italian born navigator John Cabot reaches the coasts of Newfoundland and Cape Breton. -
Period: Oct 24, 1497 to
Canada
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Oct 24, 1534
Jacque Cartier explores the ST. 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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Refuges from the American Revolutionary War who are royal 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. -
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 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 the British and French in WW1.
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Canadian Great Depression
Canadian forces join the Allied Powers in WWII. -
WWII Ends
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U.S. Apollo 11 lands on the moon.
It has Canadian built landing gear. -
U.S./Canada Free Trade Agreement.
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Canada sends troops and supplies to aid U.S. in the Persian Gulf.
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(NAFTA) comes to affect, linking Canada and the U.S. and Mexico in new economic partnership.
The NorthAmerican Free Trade Agreement. -
Canada Does not want to be part of the military coalition led by the U.S. against Iraq.