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Concluding a series of agreements between Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Hudson's Bay Company, Canada acquires Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory, forming the Northwest Territories. In the aftermath of the Red River Rebellion, Manitoba is subdivided from the new territory in the area around Winnipeg , becoming Canada's fifth ...
The history of Canada covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to North America thousands of years ago to the present day. The lands encompassing present-day Canada have been inhabited for millennia by Indigenous peoples , with distinct trade networks, spiritual beliefs, and styles of social organization.
As a result, Lower Canada and Upper Canada, with its enormous debt, were united in 1840, and French was banned in the legislature for about eight years. Eight years later, an elected and responsible government was granted. By this time, the French-speaking majority of Lower Canada had become a political minority in a unified Canada.
The parliament of United Canada in Montreal was set on fire by a mob of Tories in 1849 after the passing of an indemnity bill for the people who suffered losses during the rebellions of Lower Canada. One noted achievement of the Union was the Canadian–American Reciprocity Treaty of 1855 which sanctioned free trade in resources.
1720-60 - The Chickasaw fight the French and the Choctaw in the Southeast.; c. 1720: French forts along the Mississippi River spread northward from New Orleans. To compensate for their loss, the French build a fortress at Louisbourg on the southeast tip of Cape Breton Island.
The historiography of Canada deals with the manner in which historians have depicted, analyzed, and debated the history of Canada. It also covers the popular memory of critical historical events, ideas and leaders, as well as the depiction of those events in museums , monuments, reenactments, pageants and historic sites .
January 17 – Hiram Blanchard, Premier of Nova Scotia (d.1874) [3] February 17 – Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Archbishop of Quebec (d.1898) May 12 – Luc Letellier de St-Just, politician and 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1881) May 30 – Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Premier of Quebec (d.1890) Oliver Mowat
Timeline of labour issues and events in Canada; Timeline of official languages policy in Canada; Timeline of LGBT history in Canada; M. Timeline of Manitoba history; O.