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Canadian History

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus "Discovered America"

    Christopher Columbus "Discovered America"
  • Jun 24, 1497

    John Cabot landed in Newfoundland

    John Cabot landed in Newfoundland
    Copious ammounts of cod fish were discovered off the coast, and caused fishers from europe to risk the trip.
  • Samuel de Champlain establishes l'Habitation

    Samuel de Champlain establishes l'Habitation
    l'Habitation was the first permenant settlement in Canada
  • Birth of the Hudsons Bay Company

    Birth of the Hudsons Bay Company
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    The 7 Years War

  • Battle of the Plains of Abraham

    Battle of the Plains of Abraham
  • The Quebec Act

    The Quebec Act
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    The American Revolution

    dates are irrelevant
  • The Constitutional Act

    The Constitutional Act
    This was not the confederation of canada, but a revision of the Quebec act that dealt with English-French affairs
  • The War of 1812

    The War of 1812
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    The Great Migration

    Specific dates are irrelevant
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    The Underground Railroad

    The time frame is the height of its existance, as there are multiple speculations and rumors about when the movement actually started
  • Canada's Confederation

    Canada's Confederation
  • Manitoba joins Canada/ The Mantoba Act

    Manitoba joins Canada/ The Mantoba Act
  • British Columbia joins Confederation

    British Columbia joins Confederation
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    Signing of the Numbered treaties

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    The Construction of the Canadian Pasific Railway

  • Alberta Becomes a Province

    Alberta Becomes a Province
  • Saskatchewan Joins Canada as a Province

    Saskatchewan Joins Canada as a Province
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    World War 1

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    Women Gain the Right to Vote

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    Women gain the Right to Vote

  • Vimy ridge

    Vimy ridge
  • The Indian Act

    The Indian Act