Canadian history Flashcards
When and from did North America’s first humans arive?
First humans arived from asia via a landbridge around 15,000 - 20,000 years BCE.
When did the first european explorers arive in Canada?
Norse explorers in 11th century. They made a settlement in Newfoundland.
Who visited Canada at the end of the 15th century?
Italian-born navigator John Cabot reached the coast of Newfoundland and Cape Brenton.
What happened in 1534?
Jacques Cartier explored St. Lawrence river and claims the gulf of it for France.
What happened in 1583?
Newfoundland became Britan’s first oversea colony.
What existed between British, French and the Dutch in the 1600s?
A fur-trade rivalry existed between them they were able to exploit already existing rivalries between local people.
When was the Company of New France established?
Company of New France was established in 1627 to exploit and govern “New France”
When and by who was the Hudson Bay company established.
The Bitish established it in 1670.
When did the seven years’s war begin?
The seven years’s war begun in 1756. Major part of the war was the british’s march on Montreal after the fall of Quebec in 1759.
What established the treaty of Paris?
Under it British aquaired all french colonies east of the missisipi in the year 1763.
What happened in 1774?
The Quebec act. It recognized the french language and roman catholicism in the colony.
When did refugees from the american independence war start settling in Canada?
From 1776 in Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario and prince Edward island.
When did immigration pick up?
In the 1800s.
Where did the British - American war of 1812 take place?
From 1812 - 1814 on great lakes and attack on York (Toronto). US doesn’t manage to invade Canada though.
What happened between the yeas 1837-38?
There occured armed rebellions across Canada caused by poverty, rulling elites and social divisions.
What territories united the act of British North America?
It unified Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Burnswick as Dominion of Canada in 1867.
What territories joined Canada in 1870?
Manitoba, then British Colombia and Prince Edward Island
What happened in 1885?
Canadian pacific railroad was completed.
When did the Klondlike gold rush occur?
In the years 1896-99 100,000 prospectors migrated to Klondlike, northwest region of Yokun.
When was Yukon split to become a seperate territory?
In 1898
When did Alberta and Saskatchewan become provinces of Canada?
In 1905
In what battle in ww1 did Canadian troops play a major part?
In the battle of Vimy ridge in 1917.
When was Canada granted autonomy?
In the year 1931 by the statute of Westminster as well as other British Colonies.
In what key battles in ww2 did Canadian forces take part?
1942 Dieppe raid, 1943 allied invasion of Italy, The battle of Normandy, Battle of Schledt in 1944
