History Chapters 1-3

  • Rupertsland Given To HBC

    Ruperts land was given to HBC by Kind Charles II from England
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    HBC controling trades

    HBC given the authority to control trading North and West of the great lakes
  • First Contact

    James Cook makes contact with the nuu-chah-nuth
  • Scottish Settlers

    Selkirks first group of scottish settlers arrived at York Factory, a HBC fur trade post
  • Red River Settlement

    Laurence Selkirk and a group of 80 Irish settlers settle along the red river in assinaboine.
  • Pemmican Proclamation

    Miles Macdonell issued a law called Pemmican Proclamation it stated that for the next year no food could be taken from Assiniboia without a licence
  • NWC and HBC Join

    North West Company Joined the Hudsons Bay Company
  • Govenor Chief

    George Simpson is the govenor chief of Ruperts Land.
  • Fort Langley Was Built

    Fort Langley Was Built As A Pacific North Western HBC Trading Post
  • Canada

    The United Province Of Canada Was Created by Uniting Canada West and Canada East
  • Fort Victoria

    Fort Victoria gets built as a Hudsons Bay Company (HBC) trading post.
  • Canada West & East Trading Delema

    As a result of Great Britains introduction of free trade, Canada West and East lost their special trading status with Britain
  • The Treaty Of Washington

    The Treaty of Washington seperated British and American Territory.
  • Vancouver Island Becomes A British Colony

    Vancouver Island Became A British Colony.
  • James Douglas HBC Chief

    James Douglas Becomes Chief of HBC Trading Post
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    James Douglas negotiates treaties

    Govenor James Douglas negotiated 14 small treaties with first nations on Vancouver Island
  • Reciprocity Treaty

    The economic situation in Canada West & East improved as a result of the Reciprocity Treaty
  • HBC buys 20kg of gold

    HBC purchased over 20 kg of gold
  • Fraser RIver Gold Rush

    30 000 miners came to New Caledonia after gold rush on lower Fraser River
  • New Caledonia is now BC

    British make New Caledonia colony of British Columbia
  • Gold At Williams Creek

    Most Gold Ever Discovered, At Williams Creek