Canadian Society and History: History

In The History of Canada
18,000-10,000 b.c.: Aboriginal peoples migrate to North America

In The History of Canada
Samuel de Champlain and a handful of settlers returned to Quebec in 1633 and reestablished a colony that struggled to survive into the 1660s.

In The Columbia Encyclopedia
Corporation chartered (1670) by Charles II of England for the purpose of trade and settlement in the Hudson Bay region of North America and for exploration toward the discovery of the Northwest Passage to Asia.

In Handy Answer: Native American Almanac: More Than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples
Throughout the colonial period and well into the nineteenth century, the fur trade was one of the principal business enterprises in North America.

In The History of Canada
Momentous changes occurred for the peoples of British North America from the post-Conquest period until the mid-nineteenth century.

Begun as colonial muscling for control of the Ohio River valley, the French and Indian War (1754-1760) ignited the worldwide conflict between the British and French known as the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763) and ended France’s North American empire. The French and Indian War was the last and largest North American conflict between Britain and France and their respective Native American allies.

Fur-trading organization in North America in the late 18th and early 19th century; it was composed of Montreal trading firms and fur traders.

The Treaty of Paris of 1763 concluded the Seven Years’ War (1754–1763; known in North America as the French and Indian War).

Privately owned railway company that operates one of the two transcontinental systems in Canada. The Canadian Pacific (CP) pioneered rail travel in Canada and played a major role in the unification of the country.

In Chambers Dictionary of World History
Canadian revolt. The métis of the Saskatchewan, like those of Red River, had suffered from the encroachments of English-speaking settlers without any governmental assurances or safeguards.

Armed conflict between the United States and Great Britain, fought chiefly along the Canadian border from 1812–15; also called the Anglo-American War. The war was ostensibly fought for freedom of the seas, to end impressment, and for territory in Canada; yet the eventual peace treaty changed these circumstances little.

In The Columbia Encyclopedia
Also called the Constitutional Act of 1982, which made Canada a fully sovereign state.

Corporation created by the Canadian government in 1918 to run an extensive nationalized railway system.

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was ratified in 1994, linking Canada, Mexico, and the United States under a regime of liberalized trilateral commerce that harmonized procedures for defining rules of origin, expedited customs clearance for cross-border trade, and provided for a wide variety of institutional reforms to safeguard environmental interests and the rights of workers.

Military association of major Western European and North American states set up under the North Atlantic Treaty of 4 April 1949; with aim of maintaining international peace. NATO's role is to ensure the freedom and security of its members by both political and military means.

Provincial political party committed to the independence of Quebec.