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Oct 24, 1497
Italian born navigator John Cabot reaches the coasts of Newfoundland and Cape Breton
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Oct 24, 1534
Jacque Cartier explores the Saint Lawerence River, claiming the area for France
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Newfoundland becomes England's first oversea 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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Refugees from the American Revolutionary War who are loyal to the Bristish 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-goverment 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 World War 1
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Canadian Great Depression/ Candian forces join the Allied Powers in World War 2
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World War 2 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 Agreement
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Canada sends troops and supplies to aid U.S. in the Persian Gulf
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The North America Free Trade Agreement comes into effect, linking Canada, the United States and Mexico in a new economic partnership.
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Canada desides not be a part of the military coalition led by the United States against Iraq