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The Seven Years’ War begins with Britain declaring war on France. It starts in North America and spreads to Europe and this war goes on until 1763.The Seven Years' War pitted the alliance of Britain, Prussia and Hanover against the alliance of France, Austria, Sweden, Saxony, Russia, and eventually Spain. -
The North West Company is formed in Montreal to compete with the Hudson’s Bay Company in the fur trade. This is a very important step for the Aboriginal people as they can now trade with the white man all the things they get from the land. -
The relations between the United States and Great Britain remained strained. Their relationship deteriorated sharply with the outbreak of war in Europe in 1803. In the year of 1814, both sides were working to come to a resolution and agreed to discuss peace terms -
Black people are now considered British subjects, and are allowed to own property and vote. But racism and discrimination at polling stations mean many do not cast their ballots. -
On April 23, 1851, the Province of Canada issued its first stamp. It was designed by a Scottish Canadian Sir Sanford Fleming. This man gave the world the idea of time zones. Canada was still considered a colony and not as a country that wouldn’t exist until more than a decade later -
Queen Victoria was asked to choose a capital for the province of Canada. At the time Ottawa was no more than a small logging town in the backwoods and certainly the choice seemed arbitrary to many Canadians at the time. The town was renamed Ottawa in 1855, the population had reached 14,000 by 1863 and the handsome parliament buildings on the west side of the canal were opened in 1865. -
Confederation was the process of federal union in which the British North American colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Province of Canada joined together to form the Dominion of Canada. This was the begining of Canada being an indepentant country. -
The first telephone call between separate buildings is made by inventor Alexander Graham Bell, in Mount Pleasant, Ont., to his uncle, David Bell, in Brantford, Ont.This was very important to Canadians because it was a new way of communication. -
Canada competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, United States. The Olympic Games were originally awarded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to Chicago. Chicago did not have the money that the fair organizers did, and people there realized that athletes would choose between the two, and likely compete in St. Louis. -
Women's right to vote began in the three prairie provinces.Two years before, on January 27, 1914, a large group of women and men, many members of the Political Equality League of Manitoba, appeared before the Manitoba Legislative Assembly to make the case for women's suffrage. They were led by well-known writer and suffragist Nellie McClung.