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30,000 BCE
Asian migrations across the Beringia land bridge
They crossed a land bridge made of ice on the Bering Strait during the last ice age -
10,000 BCE
First aboriginal people in the St. Lawrence Valley
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Founding of Quebec
Samuel de Champlain sailed up the St. Lawrence River and founded Quebec. -
Creation of the Company of One hundred Associates; introduction of the seigneurial system
Founded by Cardinal Richelieu. France grants the company: the monopoly of the fur trade. -
Laviolette founded Trois-Rivieres
Laviolette founded Trois-Rivieres as a permanent colony used for trading furs. -
Founding of Ville Marie (Montreal)
Chomedy de Maisonneuve founds ville-marie and makes it a permanent settlement. -
King Louis XIV took back control of colonial development
The king sent his intendant, Jean Talon, who undertook the settlement of New France by carrying out the first census and introduced policies to encourage population growth. -
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Arrival of the filles du roi
To increase the population, they encouraged the filled du roi to immigrate -
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Jean Talon established pro birth policies
Jean Talon established pro-birth policies to encourage people to have children. -
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War of the Conquest
The war between France and Great Britain in North America -
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Seven Years War
The war started in Europe and transitioned to North America were the 13 British Colonies fought New France for territory. -
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British military regime
New France's territory was occupied by the English. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States. -
Royal Proclamation
The Royal Proclamation is a document that set out guidelines for European settlement of Aboriginal territories in what is now North America. -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act allowed french civil laws to return. -
Treaty of Paris and Versailles
Ended the American-British war over the independence of the thirteen colonies. -
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Loyalist Immigration
They left the Thirteen Colonies that had become the United States, since they were no longer welcome there, to return to England or settle in other British colonies. -
Constitutional Act
This constitution was passed due to the arrival of the Loyalists. -
First Wave of British and Irish immigration
The Irish immigrated do to the potato famine. -
Indian Act
A Canadian Act of Parliament that concerns registered Indians, their bands, and the system of Indian reserves. -
Industrialisation of Toronto and Montreal
The second phase of industrialisation in Canada transformed the big cities into industrial centres. -
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World War 1
The First World War or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe. Do to the war, it slowed immigration. The war complicated migration flows. -
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World War 2
It involved the vast majority of the world's countries, including all of the great powers. Eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. After the war, a baby boom occurred and more than 2 million babies were born in the span of 15 years. -
Beginning of the baby boomer
More than 2 million babies were born during the next 15 years. -
Falling birth rate
At the end of the 1960s, the birth rate was in decline: It was the end of the baby boom.
