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History of Canada

By missmalone

  • Confederation

    Confederation
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    After a lot of debate and various provinces signing at different times, Confederation finally arrived on July 1st 1867!
    Sir John A. Macdonald was sword in as the first Prime Minister of Canada.

  • Riel Establishes Himself

    Riel Establishes Himself
    Louis Riel establishes a legal provisional government in Rupert's Land

  • Métis Rebel

    Métis Rebel
    The Métis of Red River rebel, under Louis Riel, after their region is purchased by Canada from Hudson's Bay Company. Louis Riel and Métis occupy Lower Fort Garry. The red River Rebellion has begun.

  • Execution of Louis Riel

    Execution of Louis Riel
    Thomas Scott executed on orders of Riel. This caused an uproar.

  • Pacific Scandal Erupts

    Pacific Scandal Erupts
    The Pacific Scandal erupts: Prime Minister Macdonald accused of corruption in negotiations over a transcontinental railway. His government will be forced to resign.

  • Riel Granted Amnesty

    Riel Granted Amnesty
    Riel is granted amnesty with the condition that he be banished for five years. There would be too many upset followers if he was executed

  • First Telephone!

    First Telephone!
    Bell's first functioning telephone is demonstrated in Boston. Little did he know how far his invention would come!

  • Intercolonial Railway

    Intercolonial Railway
    The Intercolonial Railway, growing out of the Halifax-Truro line, links central Canada and the Maritimes. This is a huge achievement because it makes the transportation of goods and people across such a vast country much easier.

  • First Long-Distance Phone Call

    First Long-Distance Phone Call
    Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell, who has been working on the invention of the telephone since 1874, makes the world's first long-distance call, from Brantford to Paris, Ontario

  • Credits

    Canadian History (2013). Timeline. Retrieved from: http://www.canadahistory.com/timeline.asp Library and Archives of Canada (2006). Provinces and Territories Entered Confederation. Retrieved from: https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-3030-e.html Library and Archives of Canada (2005). The Pacific Scandal [Online Image]. Retrieved from: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/executive-decree/023004-3052-e.html

  • More Credits

    The Galloping Horse Gardener (2013). My Blog Ate My Garden [Online Image]. http://www.gallopinghorsegarden.com/1/post/2013/10/my-blog-ate-my-garden.html I. Bennetto & Co.(1880). Louis Riel [Online Image]. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_Riel.jpg Unknown (1870). Councillors of the Provisional Government of the Métis Nation [Online Image]. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ProvisionalMetisGovernment.jpg