Canada Timeline of History
1700's
- (1701) Iroquois, French, English signed peace treaty
- (1702 - 1713) Queen Anne's War, France and England
- (1704) English settlement of Bonavista, Newfoundland, destroyed by French forces
- (1707) English from Massachusetts attacked Port Royal
- (1709) Slavery made legal in New France
- (1710) English captured Port Royal, renamed it Annapolis Royal
- (1713) French Acadia, Newfoundland and Hudson Bay lands ceded to England by Treaty of Utrecht; Queen Anne's War ended
- (1734) Marie-Joseph Angelique set fire to mistress' home to avoid being sold; half of Montreal is damaged; she was later tortured, then hung
- (1736) 19 French voyageurs, including Father Jean-Pierre Aulneau and Jean Baptiste de La Verendrye massacred by Sioux warriors at Lake of the Woods
- (1744) France declared war on England
- (1745) After six-week siege, Louisbourg surrendered to English
- (1748) Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle returned Louisbourg, Ile Royale and Ile Saint-Jean to France
- (1749) Halifax founded by British
- (1752 - 1759) Seven Years' War (King George's War)
- (1755) The Great Expulsion - French Acadians forced onto ships and deposited along southern coasts, hundreds died
- (1759) British troops led by Wolfe defeated French led by Montcalm at Quebec, both generals killed; British took possession of Quebec
- (1760) British destroyed Louisbourg
- (1763) In Treaty of Paris, France ceded most of its North American possessions to Britain
- (1774) Quebec Act passed, established French civil law, British criminal law, freedom of worship for Roman Catholics, government by appointed council
- (1776) American Revolution began; Quebec withstood American attack
- (1783) Americans given fishing rights off Newfoundland; border between Canada and United States established
- (1785) New Brunswick separated from Nova Scotia
- (1791) Constitutional Act of 1791 divided Quebec into Lower Canada (mostly French) and Upper Canada (mostly English)
- (1793) Upper Canada passed Act Against Slavery, stopped slaves being brought in, freed slaves 25-years and older
- (1812) War of 1812 between British and U.S.; General William Hull led American forces in invasion of Canada; General Isaac Brock and 200 soldiers defeated American force at Queenston Heights; Red River settlement founded by Hudson Bay Company
- (1817) Poor post-war economy caused famine in Newfoundland
- (1818) 49th parallel accepted as border between United States and Canada from Lake of the Woods to Rocky Mountains
- (1821) Hudson Bay Company merged with North West Company
- (1825) Parliament House at Toronto burned; fire destroyed over 80 buildings in Montreal
- (1830) Canada divided into counties
- (1832) 7,800 French-Canadians killed by cholera epidemic
- (1836) Canada's first rail line opened from St. Johns to La Prairie
- (1837) Rebellions against ruling elites, poverty, social divisions held in Upper and Lower Canada
