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European exploration began in earnest, with the expedition of John Cabot, he was the first the draw a map of Canada's East Coast
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Jacques Cartier made three trips across the atlantic ocean claiming the land for King Francis I of France. He heard two captured guides speaking iroquoian saying "kanata" meaning village.
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Canada began showing on the maps
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English colonies along the atlantic seaboard eventually became richer and more populous than New France
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The first european settlement north of Florida was established by French explorers
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Samuel de Champlain built a fortress, which now is Quebec City.
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King Charles II of England granted the Hudson's Bay Company Exclusive trading rights.
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- the british defeated the french in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham at Quebec City.
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The French and the Iroquios made peace
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The first representive assembly was elected in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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