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30,000 BCE
Asian migration across the Beringia land bridge
The natives crossed the land bridge from Asia to North America. -
10,000 BCE
First Aboriginal people in the St. Lawrence Valley
The natives explored the St. Lawrence Valley and the area around. -
Founding of Quebec
The french founded Quebec and made the first buildings. -
Creating of the Company of the One Hundred Associates
The king allowed the Company of the One Hundred Associates to control the fur trade industry. -
Founding of Trois-Rivieres
The french founded Trois-Rivieres to make it easier to trade furs. -
Founding of Ville-Marie (Montreal)
The french founded Ville Marie to convert the natives to Christianity but it soon became the main trading post -
Royal Government under Louis XIV
The gouvernement was run by Louis XIV -
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Arrival of the filles du roi
The population of New France was very small and few woman and too many men. So the king sent orphan woman to the new colonie to get married with the men already there and populate the land. -
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War of Conquest
The war between France and Great Britain in North America -
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British military regime
The British occupied New France but didn't officially own it until the end of the 7 year war. -
Treaty of Paris and Royal Proclamation
The end of the 7 year war and the French giving New France to the British. And the first constitution of Quebec. -
Quebec Act
Giving the Francophone people the French Civil laws and expanding the Province of Quebec. -
Quebec Act
Giving the Francophone people French civil laws and expanding the Province of Quebec -
The Constitutional Act
The division of Canada into Upper and Lower Canada. -
First wave of British and Irish immigration
The British King encouraged people to immigrate to Quebec. -
Beginning of the agricultural crisis
The French Canadiens emigrated to the United States. -
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French Canadian emigration to the United States
Because of the agricultural crisis, a lot of French people went to the States. -
Great Famine in Ireland
Ireland had a potato famine which caused disease and when people from Ireland would come, they would put them on a quarantine island. -
British North America Act (BNAA)
Creation of the federal dominion. -
Beginning of urbanization
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Indian Act
Created regions where only the Natives could hunt and fish. -
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European immigration
At the end of WW1 and WW2, a lot of europeans immigrated to canada to start a "new" life. -
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World War 1
The first wold war involving, Germany, USA, Canada and many more. -
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World War 2
The rise of Nazi Germany and Hitler. The second world war, involving, Germany, USA, Russia, Canada and more. -
Beginning of the baby boom
Soldiers returned to their families so many babies were made which started the baby boom, right after world war 2. -
Falling birth rate
The birth rate in quebec fell, and is still currently falling, going down to 1.6 kids per woman.
