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The Halifax Gazette was Canada's first newspaper
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Created “Status” Indians, a status you could lose by Voting or Marrying a non-status Indian.
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Plains of Abraham is were the British Defeated the French
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Issued by King George III, was to establish a basis of government administration in the North American territories. Recognizes that aboriginal people own land. Colonists couldn't settle land west of the Appalachian mountains. This was done because of an uprising from the aboriginal people (Pontiac's rebellion)
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The Quebec act enlarged the boundaries of the province Quebec, Sir Guy Carleton was the main people to work on it
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Divided Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada
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The two companies merge into just the Hudson's Bay company
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governor general and high commissioner of British North America. Comes to to investigate the circumstances behind the Rebellions of 1837 (two rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada).
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Mary Electa Adams, becomes the first teacher/professor and Grace Annie Lockhart becomes the first women to graduate with her bachelors
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In 1858 30,000 gold seekers came to BC
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Set Confederation in motion, The meeting brought together delegates from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island to discuss the union of their three provinces.
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Britain's North American colonies are united via the BNA Act (British North America Act) to become the Dominion of Canada.
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Led to the creation of the province Manitoba, Rupert's land was being sold to the Canadian Government from the HBC. The Metis formed a group that was known as the Metis National Committee.
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The NWMP was formed because of the gold rush and the large amount of people that needed protection
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The Gold rush created the Yukon and peaked in 1897
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It meant that from 1878 until the Second World War, Canada levied high taxes on foreign and imported goods, to shield Canadian manufacturers from American competition.
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It connected the west to the east creating a nation. Last Spike 188. If the CRP wasn't built BC would likely be part of the US.
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This is a council that stands for the rights of Women and the Indigenous people in Canada All across Canada.
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The Yukon is formed as a result of the gold rush
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Alaska purchased by US from Russia 1867
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