-
Many years before the 1500s aboriginal people populated the land in Canada. They were the first people there, some of the groups were Ojibway, Blackfoot and more. -
Samuel de Champlain was known for establishing a french in Canadian territory which is now known as Quebec. He also made the first accurate map of the coast. Samuel de Champlain was also a big part of the fur trade. he was one of the people to realize the importance of the fur trade,. -
Rupert's land covered 1/3 of Canada in 1670, it was owned by Hudson's bay company. It was also the primary land for fur trades. 3 years after confederation the government of Canada purchased Rupert's land for Hudsons Bay Company for $1.5 million dollars, later on, Rupert's land was divided into Quebec,Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Northwest Territories -
The 7 Year war was a conflict between the British and French, this was also the first global war, it was fought in India, Europe, America and at sea. The French and British both had indigenous allies, in the start the French were winning some important battles. for some time the french controlled the great lakes, but after a while British started to win some of the important battles and in the end the British won -
On this day the British and French were fighting and the British got the upper hand. This day was a major moment in the 7-year war, slowly Britain overtook Quebec bit by bit. Finally, in 1763 the war ended and France give New France to Britain but in exchange they keep the West Indies. -
On July 4th, 1776 America gained independence from Britain, America wanted independence because Britain started to raise the tax prices and making new laws the Americans didn't like. After that, the only British colonies left were Nova Scotia, Newfound Land, New Brunswick, P.E.I and Canada. which later made up Canada -
The Quebec conference happened from October 10-27 1864, politicians from the 5 great British North America colonies gathered in Quebec city to discuss about there new country, Canada. The most important things they talked about was the parlimen and how power would be distributed among the provincial and federal government. In the end they decided on 72 resolutions and called it the Quebec Reselotuions which made the basic rules of Canada -
On July 1st, 1867 Canada was born, back then there were only 4 provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec. In 1870 Manitoba and Northwest Territories were added, and the following year British Columbia was added. In 1873 P.E.I got added, Yukon in 1898, Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905, Newfoundland in 1949, and finally Nunuvat in 1999. These are the provinces you see now that makeup Canada ( Newfoundland got split into Newfoundland and Labrador)