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Battle On The Plains Of Abraham
Who: British and French troops
What: British troops beat the french troops leading to the surrender of Quebec to the British
When: 1759
Where: Quebec
Why: British wanted control of the land
How: Got control by defeating the French troops -
Royal Proclamation
Who: King George III
What: Issued the royal proclamation
When: 1763
Where: North American Territories
Why: To establish a basis of government -
Lord Durham's Report
Who: Francophones and British colonies
What: There were conflicts between the two parts of Canada. Lord Durham found these to be more racial than political problems. He recommended upper and lower Canada have separate governments.
When: 1838
Where: Upper and Lower Canada
Why: This was happening because the two were not getting along due to different languages, and perspectives on issues.
How: Durham wanted to have the Francophones assimilated. -
The Indian Act
Who: First nations and the government
What: government monitoring everything having to do with the First Nations.
When: 1876
Where: Canada
Why: Favoured assimilation -
Chinese Head Tax
Who: Chinese Immigrants What: Chinese immigrants had to pay a tax to come into Canada. The tax increased as time went on from $50-$500 When: 1885-1923 Where: Canada Why: Deliberately set as hardship on Chinese immigrants because Canada did not want them here How: Made them pay large amounts to immigrate -
Manitoba Dual School System
Who: The province of Manitoba had Public Schools and Catholic Schools. People believed the Catholic Schools weren't as good and receive more funding than they admitted to.
What: Department of education was created and they stopped giving Catholic Schools funding. This meant that if parents wanted to send their children to a Catholic School they would have to pay a lot more.
When: 1890-1896
Where: Manitoba
Why: Unhappy citizens
How: Government made it so communities couldn't fund. -
Conscription during WWI
Who: Soldiers volunteering to fight in the war
What: So many people volunteered that they were all sent out and many died at the beginning that there was not a lot of people who were left to go to war.
When: 1914-1916
Where: Going from Canada to Germany and surrounding areas
Why: To fight in the war
How: Delivered by plane and sea -
Chinese Immigration Act
Who: The Canadian government
What: Was not happy that the Chinese head tax did not keep out immigrants as they expected. So they enabled the act to keep out all Chinese immigrants
When: 1923
Where: All of Canada
Why: Simply did not want Chinese immigrants in their country
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Newfoundland Becomes Canada's 10th Province
Who: Canada
What: Decided to make Newfoundland their 10th province
When: 1949
Where: Ottawa is were they came to terms to join
Why: Were worried that the US would take it if they did not
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Quiet Revolution
Who: The people of Quebec
What: A time of great change within the province. Attempts were made to make francophone identity within Canada stronger
When: 1960
Where: Quebec
Why: To promote french culture
How: The separation of church and state made french-speaking quebecois grow. Also reinstated new educational system. -
Election of Parti Quebecois
Who: Rene Levesque was the first leader of the group
What: Was Quebec's first political party
When: 1968
Where: Quebec
Why: Quebec needed some sort of government party
How: Government elected a premier -
The white paper
Who: Pierre Trudeau and First Natives
What: Policy was created to dismantle Indian Act and ties between aboriginal people and Canadian state
When: 1969
Where: Canada
Why: To encourage assimilation
How: To abolish all pre existing legal documents between the government and the First Nations -
Bill 101 Is Passed Into Law In Quebec
Who: Francophones in Quebec
What: Bill 101 is passed to define language rights for Francophones in Quebec
When: 1977
Where: Quebec
Why: Because French is a secondary language in Canada so they want their rights protected
How: This protects them because it affirms french being a secondary language -
National Energy Program
Who: Pierre Trudeau
What: Enabled the National energy program to gain more control over the oil industry
When: 1980-1985
Why: wanted to make more money and have more control over the oil industry
How: Made Canada oil sufficient and took money away from oil producers -
Quebec Referendum 1980
Who: Quebec
What: Held referendum where citizens were asked if they wanted to rewrite the constitution. They did not want to so it was rejected.
When: 1980
Where: Quebec
Why: Quebec had promised the government it would ask its citizens when the Parti Quebecois was created.
How: Held referendum to ask the citizens -
Quebec Refuses to sign the constitution
Who: Quebec
What: Refused to sign the constitution because they thought it would affect them badly in the future and they couldn't change it.
When: 1982
Where: Quebec
Why: Thought signing it would negatively affect them
How: Thought they would loose their language rights. -
Meech Lake Accord
Who: Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
What: Attempted to win Quebec's consent to the revised Canadian constitution and make Quebec a "distinct society"
When: 1987
Where: Quebec
Why: Needed Quebecs consent to go through with the new constitution
How: They did not get consent -
Canada Adopts Multiculturalism
Who: Canada
What: Canada passed the multiculturalism act
When July, 1988
Where: In Canada
Why: Realized multiculturalism was good for their country and was essential.
How: Passed the multicultural act -
RCMP Turban Accomodation
Who: Baltej Singh Dhillon What: Challenged the RCMP for the right to wear his turban at the workplace When: From 1988-1990 Baltej fought for his religious rights Where: Surrey, British Columbia Why: Felt that it violated his individual rights to not wear his turban How: Made a complaint to the RCMP that it was unfair he was unable to join because of his turban. Fought for two years for the clothing policy to change -
Bloc Quebecois
Who: Bloc Quebecois
What: Was the first political party of Quebec
When: 1991
Where: Quebec
Why: Was created to represent Quebec
How: Founded as an independence movement -
Charlottetown Accord
Who: Government and all 10 provinces premiers
What: Failed attempt to get Quebec to amend the Canadian Constitution
When: 1992
Where: Canada
Why: Quebec wouldn't amend the Canadian constitution and they wanted them to.
How: still failed this time -
Quebec Referendum 1995
Who: Quebec political parties
What: Tried once again to get quebec to accept the constitution
When: 1995
Where: Quebec
Why: Because Quebec did not want to accept the constitution
How: Government continued to try to get Quebec to accept the constitution -
Quebec is a nation within Canada
Who: Harper and the people of Quebec
What: Harper recognizes the Quebecois as a nation within Canada
When: 2006
Where: Canada
Why: Because Quebec wants to be independent from Canada -
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Who: Missing Indigenous women
What: Rates of Indigenous women missing and murdered are 7 times higher than those non-indigenous
When: 2015
Where: Canada
Why: They are seen as easier targets by murderers
How: There is less police involvement in the areas where first nations women are seen. -
Publication Of TRC 94 Calls To Action
Who: All Canadian Citizens What: Government released 94 "calls to action" to protect people and their rights When: December 14th, 2015 Where: Canada Why: To protect people and their rights while living in Canada
