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Jan 1, 1500
Fur Trade
The fur trade happend because the Europeans needed furs and the Natives needed hatchets and other tools so they traded with each other. the people who played a part in the fur trade were the Europeans the Huron Indians and the French. -
Jan 1, 1500
Fur Trade, Effects
The effects on the physical environment were that the aboriginal people were killing a lot more animals then they needed including the Otter, which was wiped out on the BC Coast. They also seriously depleted other animals, including the Beaver and Marten. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Canadian Fur Trade
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Fur Trade, Conflicts
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Fur Trade, Conflict
Later the French and the Indians went to war. This went on during the seven year war. -
Fur Trade, Confict
The Seven Year war started between France and Britian. -
Fur Trade
The war between Britian and France officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The British won this war and took control of all French territories in North America except the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon near Newfoundland. -
Fur Trade
Great Britain won the war. -
The Railroad
The Railroad was built because it was needed for long distance passenger transport in most regions of Canada.They also transported goods. The Chinese people were a big part of building the Railroad. 6000 out of 7000 workers were Chinese. -
The railroad
The effects on the physical environment were that they were cutting down a lot of trees to build the railroad. They also had to blow up mountains. They made tunnels in the mountains. -
The fraser/cariboo gold rush
The Fraser/Cariboo Gold Rush happend because a man in tatterd cloths struck gold and the news spread quickly. The countrys that played a part in the gold rush where Canada, the US, Europe, and China. -
The fraser/cariboo gold rush
The conflict that ocured during the gold rush was that for a while it looked like a war was going to break out between the Aboriginal people and the miners. But the the Aboriginals let the miners share the river with them. -
fraser/cariboo gold rush
The effects on the physical environment was the gold diging harmed the salmon and they cut down lots of trees to build hotels, ranches and farms. -
The British North America Act
The British North America Act of 1867 is a major part of Canada's constitution. The Act was created by a Federal Dominion and it defines much of the operation of the government of Canada, Including its federal structure, the house of commons, the senate, the justice system and the taxation system. It gave Canada most of the powers of an independent country, but not all of them. Canada did not have the power to change its own Constitution. -
New Brunswick entered Canada.
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Nova Scotia entered Canada
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Ontario entered Canada
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Quebec entered Canada
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Northwest Territories entered Canada.
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Manitoba entered Canada
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British Columbia entered Canada.
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Prince Edward Island entered Canada.
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The Railroad, Conflict
The first Nations people rebelled because the CPR wanted to move them to a new reserve so they could build the Railroad.The rebellion continued for a couple months.The Natives ended up losing and were put in jail.There families moved to the new reserve. -
The Yukon entered Canada
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Saskatchewan entered Canada
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Alberta entered Canada
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Newfoundland entered Canada
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The Constitution Act (continued above)
The Constitution Act of 1982 includes the Charter of Rights and Freedoms which is intended to protect rights of people in Canada. It includes the aboriginal rights clause which protects the rights, activities, practice or traditions of Aboriginals. No one is allowed to violate these rights, not even the government. -
The Constitution Act, continued
The Constitution Act of 1982 is important because there would not be any laws and people could run around killing each other and other countrys could take over Canada. -
Nunavut entered Canada.
