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Slavery abolished in British Colonies
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After several years of harassment by agents of the Noerth West Company, Metis and Indians under Cuthbert Grant kill Robert Semple, Governor of the Red River Settlement, and twenty others at Seven Oaks.
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Canadas border is defined as the 49th paralell from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
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York is renamed Toronto.
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William Lynn becomes the first mayor of Toronto.
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The Webster-Ashburton Treaty ends the Aroostook War, settling once and for all the Maine - New Brunswick border dispute.
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Brittains claim to Vancouver Island is assure by Fort Victoria.
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The Grand Trunk Railway opens its Toronto - Montreal line
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Queen Victoria designates Ottawa as the capital of the Province of Canada.
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The cornerstone of the Paliament Building is laid.
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Mount Allison University accepts the first woman student in Sackville, NB
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Federal Dominion of Canada was formed.
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Canadian parliament agrees to buy Ruperts Land - All the Hudson's Bay Company
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Metis rights are recognized as Manitoba becomes a province.
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Britiah Columbia joins confederation
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The North West Mounted Police (later re-named the RCMP) is formed to keep order in the new Canadaian Provinces.
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The Metis are defeated at Batoche
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Riel was hanged in Regina, SK.
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Saskatchewan and Alberta join confederation
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Royal Canadian Navy is formed.
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The British Privy Council reverses the Supreme Courtr decision of 1928, and women are declared as persons.
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British parliament passes the Statute of Westminster, giving Canada final independance.