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Canada |
| About
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Vikings explored the
coast of Newfoundland. Indigenous peoples had inhabited Canada for
thousands of years prior to European exploration and settlement. |
| 1497 |
John Cabot discovered the
rich fishing grounds off Canada's Atlantic coast. |
| 1534 |
Jacques Cartier claimed
Canada for France. |
| 1604 |
French colonists founded
the first settlement in Canada, in present-day Nova Scotia. They
developed thriving fish and fur trades. |
| 1670 |
The Hudson's Bay Company,
an English company, opened its first fur-trading posts in Canada. |
| 1760 |
The English captured
Montréal during the French and Indian War. France formally surrendered
its Canadian lands in 1763. |
| 1775 |
An American invasion of
Canada during the American Revolution failed. Many American Loyalists
moved to Canada in the following years. |
| 1791 |
Britain divided Canada
into predominantly French Lower Canada and predominantly English Upper
Canada. |
| 1837 |
Revolts against the
colonial government failed in both Lower and Upper Canada. |
| 1867 |
The British North America
Act was passed, creating the Dominion of Canada. |
| 1885 |
The Canadian Pacific
Railroad was completed, uniting Canada. |
| 1931 |
Canada achieved complete
independence from Britain. |
| 1939-1945 |
Nearly 1.5 million
Canadians fought in World War II. After the war, a new wave of European
immigrants helped transform Canada into an industrial power. |
| 1980 |
Québec voters rejected a
proposal to negotiate their province's independence from the rest of
Canada. |
| 1982 |
A new constitution was
approved by all the provinces except Québec. |
| 1990 |
The Meech Lake Accord,
which sought to win Québec's acceptance of the new constitution while
guaranteeing the rights of French Canadians, was rejected by Manitoba
and Newfoundland and Labrador. |
| 1992 |
A second attempt at
constitutional revision, the Charlottetown Accord, was defeated in a
nationwide referendum. |
| 1994 |
Canada entered into the
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) along with Mexico and the
United States. |
| 1995 |
A second referendum on
the independence of Québec was voted down by a narrow margin (50.6
percent) of Québec voters. |
| 1999 |
New territory of Nunavut
was created out of the Northwest Territories. |
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