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This was the year when the name "Canada" first came to signify the land we
know today. Jacques Cartier, a French explorer, misapplied the Iroquoian word
he learned, "Kanata" meaning village and used it to denote the country along
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the St. Lawrence River. This was also the year in which Cartier reached the area
now known as Montreal when he entered the village of Hochelaga while in
search of a route to China.
This was the year that Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City. Champlain
erected two 3-story buildings with impressive structures. These made a strong
1608 impression on the Montagnais who had never seen anything like this.
Champlain also made strong, respectful relations with the aboriginals during
this time.
This was the year in which Montreal was founded as "Ville-Marie" as a
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missionary colony dedicated to the Virgin Mary by Paul de Chomedey de
1642 Maisonneuve and Jeanne Mance. Ville Marie became a centre for the fur trade
and French expansion into new France until 1760 when it was surrendered to
the British army.
This was the year when the French Crown took over direct responsibility for
the colony of New France. France set out a governor, an intendant, and a
bishop to the colony to create order, security and be responsible for religious
1663
affairs as well. The goal was to create a self-sustaining, agricultural colony
which would export raw materials to France rather than having their economy
rely on the fur trade.
Prior to this date, the French extended their influence into the Hudson Bay
regions and the area south of the Great Lakes. However, when the Treaty of
Utrecht ended the War of the Spanish Succession, the French had to pay their
1713 losses in Europe by giving up possessions in North America, surrendering the
Hudson Bay and Acadia as well as some settlements in Newfoundland to the
English. This was significant for it showed the French that the Atlantic
approaches to Canada had to be secured against the British.
, The first years of the French and Indian War went badly for the British but they
were able to capture two French outposts on the borderland of Nova Scotia
and New France, resulting in hostilities between the Acadians and the British.
Therefore, when the Acadians insisted on taking an oath that preserved their
customary neutrality, the British interpreted this as a hostile act, resulting in
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the governor and his council to deport the entire Acadian population to the
major port cities of the Thirteen Colonies. By doing this, the British and New
England forces removed settlers of doubtful loyalty and put them in laces far
away where they would be swallowed up by the majority. This deportation
continued for almost a decade.
This was the date of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham between the British
Army led by General James Wolfe and the French Army. Due to Britain's
advanced army, the British were able to accomplish their goal of the capture of
1759/1760
Quebec. While in April 1760, the French attacked the British inflicting heavy
losses, the British were victorious overall as evident in the Treaty of Paris in
1763.
This date signalled the end of the Seven Years War with the Treaty of Paris,
formally ending hostilities between the French and the British. This treaty
demonstrated how the French had lost ground in India, the Caribbean, and
Canada. Although the British offered to return Canada to France in exchange
1763 for the Caribbeans, the French declined for the Caribbeans were more
important financially due to sugar production. The French kept their presence
in Newfoundland, however, as the fishery was of greater strategic importance.
This resulted in the British to control the entire eastern half of North America.
None of the indigenous tribes were consulted after the British conquest.
This was the date in which the Quebec Act was announced, designed to
alleviate the problems caused by the Royal proclamation. This act re-
established the Roman Catholic Church and restored the French form of civil
law. For the Quebecers, this Act represented an important recognition of their
distinctive culture within the British Empire while it denied the English
1774 speaking residents rights they expected as British subjects. The Thirteen
Colonies considered this law one of the Intolerable Acts as it recognized the
Roman Catholic Church and they saw it as a tool to secure a northern power
base from which the British might more effectively control America (as they
denied them proper representative government), resulting in open rebellion in
1775.
This was the date in which the Constitution Act was released. This resulted in
the creation of two colonies: Upper and Lower Canada, each with its own
administration and legislative assembly. In Upper Canada, British law and
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institutions would prevail whereas in Lower Canada, a mixed system of English
criminal law and French civil law would continue and seigneurial tenure would
apply.
The War of 1812 was a war fought between the United States and Great Britain
over the future of Canada. There was a long insatiable appetite for land by the
Americans in Canada but during this time, the British were preoccupied with
1812-1814 Napoleon, and thus, the strongest defense of Canada came from indigenous
allies and French Canadians. The peace treaty of Ghent largely returned the
status quo with boundaries and borders not changing but it did help generate
an anti-American, national identity.
The rebellions of 1837-1838 were two armed uprisings that took place in
Lower and Upper Canada. Both rebellions were manifested from growing
demands for more accountability in the form of responsible government. While
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responsible government was indeed reached in the incidents' aftermath, both
of these rebellions were crushed by the authorities, resulting in the authorities
to remain in charge.
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