Annex HC, Appendix 2 to EO MX01.01 History of Canada in 30 minutes or less Answer Key
in 30 minutes or less
Answer Key
DATE |
EVENT |
30,000–10,000 BC |
Prehistoric hunters cross over into Canada from Asia |
circa 1000 AD |
Leif Ericsson leads a Viking expedition to the New World |
1497 |
John Cabot reaches Newfoundland |
1534 |
Jacques Cartier first explores the St. Lawrence region |
1608 |
Samuel de Champlain establishes a French colony at Quebec City |
1670 |
Hudson’s Bay Company is formed |
1755 |
Expulsion of the Acadians |
1759 |
Battle of the Plains of Abraham: Quebec City is captured |
1812–14 |
War of 1812: U.S. invades Canada |
1867 |
Confederation (first four provinces: Québec, Ontario, N.S., and N.B.) |
1870 |
Province of Manitoba is created |
1871, 1873 |
B.C. and P.E.I. join Canada |
1885 |
Canadian Pacific Railway is completed |
1905 |
The provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are created |
1914–18 |
World War I |
1916 |
Women win the vote in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta |
1939–45 |
World War II |
1949 |
Newfoundland joins Canada |
1950–53 |
Korean War |
1959 |
St. Lawrence Seaway officially opens |
1960 |
Native Canadians given the right to vote |
1965 |
Canada gets its own flag |
1970 |
October Crisis, Ottawa suspends civil rights |
1982 |
Constitution comes home — Charter of Rights and Freedoms |
1999 |
The new Arctic territory of Nunavut is created |
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