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Population and Settlement in Canada

  • 28,000 BCE

    Natives come to Americas

    Natives come to Americas
    The Natives cross over the land bridge of ice and come to settle in the New World
  • 4000 BCE

    Natives settle in Quebec

    Natives settle in Quebec
    The Natives come to the Quebec territory
  • Tadoussac

    Tadoussac
    Established by Pierre Chauvin
  • Missionaries

    Missionaries
    Missionaries set up villages
    Trying to convert the Aboriginals
  • Port Royal

    Port Royal
    Established by De Monts
    Never grew, stayed a trading post
  • Foundation of Quebec

    Foundation of Quebec
    Founded by Champlain
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    French rule over New France

  • The Company of One Hundred Associates

    The Company of One Hundred Associates
    The king gave the monopoly of the fur trade to The Company of One Hundred Associates in exchange for colonizing New France.
    Founded for the colony
  • Seigneuries

    Seigneuries
    • New France was divided into seigneuries, like in France
  • Foundation of Trois-Riviere

    Foundation of Trois-Riviere
    Founded by Laviolette
  • Disease outbreak

    Disease outbreak
    Causes many deaths among Aboriginals
    Caused by interactions between Aboriginals and French merchants
  • Foundation of Ville-Marie/Montreal

    Foundation of Ville-Marie/Montreal
    • Founded by Chomedey de Maisonneuve
  • King of France takes control of New France

    King of France takes control of New France
    The King of France removes the right of the monopoly over the fur trade from the Company of One Hundred Associates and takes control of the colony
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    Intendant Jean Talon

    Immigration policies
    Birth policies
    Doubled population in >12yrs
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    Seven Years War

    War in Europe, spreads to colonies
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    England military rule of New France

    England takes over New France and controls it with a military government
    Still belongs to France, but controlled by England
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    Ends Seven Years War
  • Royal Proclamation

    Royal Proclamation
    First constitution of the Province of Quebec
    "squash like a bug" (referring to the French)
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    England official rule over New France

    France gives up New France in Treaty
    England becomes the actual owner of New France
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act
    "gifts" to the French
    Restore French civil laws
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    • Ended American-British war
    • Reduced the Province of Quebec
  • Constitutional Act

    Constitutional Act
    "The compromise" (between French Canadians and British Loyalists)
    Upper and Lower Canada
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    Loyalists immigration

    • More than 15,000 loyalists
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    Rebellions in Lower and Upper Canada

    Economic and Agricultural crises
    Refusal of Britain to grant the Political Reforms demanded by the Legislative Assembly
    Establishment of a responsible Government
  • Smallpox epidemic - Montreal

    Smallpox epidemic - Montreal
    Killed more than 3,000 people
    Diarrhea, tuberculosis, diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid