Annex HC, Appendix 2 to EO MX01.01 History of Canada  in 30 minutes or less  Answer Key

History of Canada
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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