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Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché is born in Montmagney, Quebec to parents Charles Taché and Geneviève Michon.
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The United States of America declared war on Great Britain on June 18th, 1812. The Battle of Tippecanoe was on November 7th, 1811, before the official declaration of war. The battles were fought for land around the Great Lakes. The Treaty of Ghent was signed on December 24th, 1814 that signalled the end of the war between Britain and America, but the fighting still went on into the early 1815's because word hadn't made it to North America Yet.
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John A Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland to Hugh Macdonald and Helen Shaw.
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George-Étienne Cartier was born in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, (Verchères County, Lower Canada) to Jacques Cartier and Marguerite Paradis.
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George Brown was born in Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland to Peter Brown and Isabella Mackenzie
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Cholera was originally brought to Canada from Britain in 1832. By 1854 20,000 people were killed by the disease. A quarantine station called Grosse Île was needed to inspect ships just outside of Quebec. People burned so many smudge pots to battle the disease that Quebec was encloaked in smoke.
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The Patriotes are crushed by Col Charles Wetherall's troops at St Charles. It is their first major defeat.
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Lower Canada sent an army to arrest the leaders of the Patriotes. The group split up; one lead by Col Wetherall took a south route, and the other lead by Lt-Col Gore took a north route. Gore's troups found the rebels hunkered down at St-Germain house, and Gore eventually had no choice but to retreat. However, on November 30th the town is captured by Gore.
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Somewhere between 500-700 rebels marched down Yonge Street in Toronto with pitchforks and rifles. They joined forces with a couple hundred volunteers and met only 20 loyalists along the way. The loyalists fired a few shots but then ran.
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Colonel Nils Von Schoultz ran the Charlotte (a boat) onto land a few miles below Prescott. He took up base in a stone windmill and battled against Col Henry Dundas' troops until they were defeated and taken prisoner on the 16th.
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The Durham Report (officially titled the Report on the Affairs of British North America) is presented to the Colonial Office by Lord Durham. It reccomends responsible government and the union of Upper and Lower Canada, based on an analysis of the motivations of the rebellions in 1837.
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The Act of Union was passed in 1840, but Upper and Lower Canada were officially united as the Province of Canada on February 10th, 1941. The union was reccomended in the Durham Report.
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The new constitution for United Canada came into effect and the election commenced.
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A union of British North America is proposed to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island (Newfoundland was absent) by the Province of Canada.
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33 delegates from all of the colonies convened to draft a detailed plan for confederation. (the 72 Resolutions)
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Sir Étienne-Paschal Taché dies in his hometown.
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Representatives of the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia met to turn the rough draft of the Quebec Resolutions into the British North America Act, December 1866 to March 1867.
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The British North America Act is accepted, and Canada becomes a united country.
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John A. Macdonald became the first Prime Minister on July 1st, 1867. Unfortunately, due to the hints of bribary during the building of the railroad that led to the Pacific Scandal, he was forced to resign in 1873.
