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First recorded European exploration of Canada by Vikings.
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The Itailian sailor John Cabot explored the coast of Newfoundlan for the Brittish empire.
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The explorer Sir. Humphry Bogart claimed St. John's, Newfoundland as the first North American English colony.
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Samuel de Champlain established the first perminate European settlement at Port Royal.
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A war between French and Brittish troopes over the teritories of New France and Newfoundland resulting in Brittish victory.
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A war resoulution act for the Seven Year War split Canada in two sections. Lower Canada(French) and Upper Canada(English).
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A call for responsible government sparked violent protests berwwen the two colonies of Canada.
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The 1867 Constitution Act of Canada gave Canada independence.
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The Brittish declaration of war on Germany brought Canada into the war.
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Canada declared war on Germany fowling in the footsteps of Brittin who declared war one week earlier. The Second World War restored Canada's enconomy after the Great Depression.
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Canada joined NATO in 1941 and sent troops to the Korean War and also opposed the USSR.
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The Canada act is a bill alowing Canada to make changes to their constitution,
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On June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182 was destroyed above the Atlantic Ocean by a bomb on board exploding; all 329 on board were killed, of whom 280 were Canadian citizens. The Air India attack is the largest mass murder in Canadian history.
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Canada was brought into the war in Afghanistan under a NATO agreement stating that an attack on any memeber of NATO is an attack on all of them (9/11).
