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This Act expanded Quebec’s territory into the Ohio Valley; allowed French civil law to continue; protected Catholic religious rights; did not create an elected assembly
Quebec Act 1774
These uprisings in Upper and Lower Canada challenged colonial elites and helped lead to Lord Durham’s Report and the eventual union
the Rebellions of 1837–38
The introduction of this animal radically changed the pedestrian bison hunt
the horse
The pelts of this animal spurred a pacific maritime fur trade
The sea otter
This Act divided Quebec into the two colonies of Upper and Lower Canada
Constitutional Act, 1791
After the American Revolution, these refugees remained loyal to Britain and migrated north, helping shape the future of Upper Canada and the Maritimes
Loyalists
This distinct people and culture emerged from the blending of Indigenous communities and European fur traders in the northwest
Métis
This 1790 diplomatic crisis between Britain and Spain over control of trading rights on the Pacific Northwest Coast helped establish Britain’s presence in the region
Nootka Crisis or Controversy
Passed under Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe, this 1793 law did not immediately abolish slavery but prevented the importation of enslaved people into Upper Canada and provided for gradual abolition
The Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada
This conflict between Britain and the United States helped strengthen colonial identity in British North America (and British forces burned the White House)
The war of 1812
This war prompted Britain to intervene and force the merger of the two competing fur trade companies
The Pemmican War
This event boomed the population of Victoria from 400 to 30,000 in a single year
This Act united Upper and Lower Canada into one colony
Act of Union
In 1843 the Hudsons Bay Company established ---- on Vancouver Island.
Fort Victoria
These two competing fur trade companies were forced by Britain to merge in 1821
Hudsons Bay Company and North West Company
This 1864 conflict in British Columbia began after Indigenous resistance to a road-building crew on their land as they feared both the spread of smallpox and unauthorized settlement
The Tsilhqot’in Uprising / The Tsilhqot’in War
This Act Created the Dominion of Canada
British North America Act (1867)
In 1846 this treaty fixed the future western Canada–U.S. border and prevented the U.S. from taking all of the Pacific Northwest
The Oregon Treaty
This confederacy was a powerful plains alliance that emerged gradually in the 1700s and became a major force in the northern Plains fur trade
The Iron Confederacy / Nehiyaw-Pwat
The name given to the 14 agreements made between 1850 and 1854 on Vancouver Island
The Douglas Treaties