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Period: Nov 4, 1400 to
canada's history time line
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Nov 4, 1497
voyages
European exploration began with the expedition of John Cabot -
Nov 4, 1534
Jaques Cartier
Jaques Cariter made three voyages across the Atlantic, claiming the land for King Francis I of France -
Nov 11, 1550
canada
the name canada began to appear on maps -
the first european settlement
the first european settlement north of florida was established by french explorerspierrede monts and samuel de champlain first on st. croix island. -
fortress
champlain built a fortress -
king charles
king charles II of England granted the hudson's bay company exclusive trade rights. -
battle
france and great brittan battle for control of north america -
peace
the french and irquois made peace -
First representative assembly
First representative assembly was elected in Halifax, Nova Scotia -
defeat
brittin defeats the french in the battles of the plains of abraham -
PEI
Prince Edward Island followed -
1774
The British Parliament passed the Act of Quebec -
independance
the 13 brittish colonies to the south of quebec declare independance and form the US -
New Brunswick
New Brunswick followed -
Consitutional Act
The Consitutional Act divided the Province of Quebec into Upper Canada -
poor land
black nova scotians who were given poor land moved onto establish freetown sierra leone a new brittish colonie for free slaves -
upper canada
upper canada became the first province in the empire to move towards abolation -
brittish parliment
the brittsh parliment prohibited the buying and selling of slaves -
war of 1812
the americans and canadians fought for the border -
americans
americans burned government house and parliment buildings in toronto -
fail
the american attempt to conquer canad failed -
rebellion
reformers in upper and lower canada believed that progress toward full democracy was to slow -
montreal
the montreal stock exchange opened -
slaves
the brittish parliment abolished slavery throughout the empire -
rebellions
when armed rebellions returned in the area outside Montreal and in Toronto, the rebels didn't get enough public support to suceed -
Upper & Lower Canada united
Upper & Lower Canada were united as the Province of Canada