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  john cabbot was the first to map canada's atliantic shore
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  Jacques cartier made there voyage's across the atlantic claming
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  Cartier herad two captured guieds speak the iroquoion word canada meaning village
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  the name of canada began appearing an maps
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  English Colonies along the atlantic seaboard dating from the early 1600's eventually became richer and more populous than new france
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  The european settlement north of florida was established by french explorer's
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  Champlain bulit a fortress at what is now que'bec city
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  In King Charles ll of England granted the hudson's bay company
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  In the 1700 french and great britian battled for control of north america
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  The french and the iraquois made peace in 1701
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  the firts representative assembly was elected in halilfax
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  Elections
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  in 1759 the british defeated the french in the battle of plains
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  election
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  Elections
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  To better govern the frnch roman catholic majority the british parliament passed the quebec act of 1774
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  In 1776 the 13 british colonies to the south of quebec declared independence and formed the united states
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  the constitutinal act
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  provicne of quebec in upper canada later ontario
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  In turn 1792 some black nova scotians who were given poor landb moved on to establish free town
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  Jhon graves ssimcoe a loyalist military offcer became the firts provincen in the empire
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  The royal navy ruled the waves the british empire
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  the british parliament prohibited the buying and selling of slaves
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  after the deafaet of napoleon bonaparte's fleet in the battle of trafalgar
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  charles de salaberry and 460 soldiers mostly french canadiens
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  The americans burned goverment house and parliament buildingsn in york
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  Major-genereal robert ross led an expedition from nova scotia
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  the 1830 reformers in upper and lower canada believed that progress toward full demnocracy was too slow
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  In 1832 for centuries canads economy was baes on framing
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  in 1833 abolished slavery throughout the empire
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  Upper and lower were united as the province of canada
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  The governor of united canada
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  these men are know as the fathers of confederation