history chap 1-2 By AY24 Period: 1800 to 1867 1800 - 1867, about 5% of Canadian folk live in cities. By 1867, about 20% of Canadians live in the city. 1840 1840 - Act of Union, what are now Upper and Lower Canada join together, 1842 1842 - In Britain, boys under 10 years of age, as well as all girls are banned from working in coal mines. Period: 1850 to 1859 1850 - 1859 - Joseph Salter gets into shipbuilding industries. It makes him plenty of money. However, when the industry fell, he resorted to mining. 1854 1854 - The US and Britain both sign a free trade agreement, known today as the Reciprocity Agreement. 1861 1861 - The US breaks into a civil war, although the war was mostly the northern states vs the southern states. 1862 1862 - Smallpox attacks the First Nations. It apparently came from San Fransicso, and it killed 32 thousand peoplle.