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Vikings came from Greenland and sailed to Canada
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Jacques Cartier left France to look for a sea route to China
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He travelled from Europe to the west
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The French and English wanted beaver fur for tall fur hats
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Samuel built a strong house in Canada
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A French soldier named Paul de Maisonneuve came to the new land bringing fifty-nine people with him
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French missionaries were anxious to bring the message of their faith to the First Nations
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Radisson and Groseilliers were two adventures coureous de bois Who travelled farther and farther for furs and ended up at Hudson Bay
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The Native Indians attacked French farms
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When the increased Iroquois attacks made the Algonquin too fearful to travel down river to trade with the French, daring young Frenchmen braved the unfamiliar wilderness and meet the Native Peoples
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In a peace agreement between France and Britain, part of New France, called Acadia was given to the English
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The northwest company and the Hudson‘s Bay Company fought to gain control of the fur trade
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The seven years war pitted Britain and France against each other along with a number of other European nations
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In 1776 the 13 colonies need Atlantic joined the new name, the United States of America
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During the American revolution numerous people remain loyal to Britain even though many of their friends and other family members sided with the revolutionaries
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After the British had defeated New France in the seven years war in 1763, a new group of English traders in took over the fur trade out of Montreal.
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At the same time Alexander Mackenzie arrived at the Pacific Ocean, Captain George Vancouver was there, mapping around Vancouver island.
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Until the arrival of the Loyalists, most Canadian people were French-speaking
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Once again, there was a war and Europe between France and England
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Upper and lower Canada were governed by rich and powerful men
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Many people were settling in eastern Canada while the rest was relevantly unpopulated
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By 1864 there was six colonies in Canada
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Charlottetown Conference, (1864), first of a series of meetings that ultimately lead to the formation of the dominion of Canada
In 1864 a conference was planned to discuss the possibility of a union between the Maritime Provinces -
The dominion of Canada was created in the Charlottetown conference
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The Canadian government but the vast area of Rupert land from the Hudson‘s Bay Company in 1870
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In the 1800’s it was very difficult and costly to get people or supplies from Montreal, to Toronto, to British Columbia
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Two groups of people in the west were very unhappy
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By the end of the 19th century, Canada was divided up except for the vast northern region.
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The people of Newfoundland did not want to join Canada at Confederation because most of them were fishermen and they sold their fish in the countries in Europe
