Canadian History

By cgartner
  • 500 BCE

    First Nations happily hunt, fish and live in what is now Canada

  • 1300

    Norsemen (Vikings) came

  • 1497

    John Cabot arrives

    John Cabot was sponsored by the British government to explore "Canada."
  • 1498

    Britain explores the east coast and sets up fisheries

  • 1500

    British and French explore streams and rivers and start hunting beaver

    The French were allies of the First Nations. First Nations helped them hunt beaver
  • 1501

    French build colonies for the fur trade

    they set up fur trading stations.

  • Quebec city was established by Samuel de Champlain

  • Britain gives the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) trading rights of all of Hudson's bay area.

  • British and French fighting over "Canada"

  • Battle on the Plains of Abraham

    Britain wins "canada"

  • British pass the Quebec Act

    French are allowed to practice their customs and language