(1730) Hudson Bay Company established trading post at Moose Factory
(1749 - 1751) French built fort at Toronto
(1758) British captured Fort Frontenac
(1759) British captured Fort Niagara; French abandoned Fort Rouille in Toronto
(1760) French forces surrendered; fall of New France
(1763) Peace established between France and Britain(Proclamation of 1763); Indians attempted resistance of British
(1765) Indians made peace with Britain
(1774) Quebec Act passed, Ontario region added to Quebec Province
(1784) Over 9,000 United Empire Loyalists settled in(now) southern Ontario
(1788) Governor General Lord Dorchester proclaimed land area to be divided into Lower Canada with French legal system and Upper Canada with British legal system; British purchased 250,000 acres, began settlement of York (now Toronto)
(1791) Upper Canada founded (future Ontario)
(1793) John Graves Simcoe appointed first governor of Upper Canada, encouraged immigration from U.S., built roads, abolished slavery
1800's
(1812 - 1814) War of 1812, Upper Canada chief target of Americans due to large population of American immigrants
(1832) Rideau Canal from Kingston to Ottawa completed; cholera outbreak from Lower Canada spread, thousands died
(1837) Upper Canada Rebellion in favor of responsible government occurred
(1841) Upper and Lower Canada united by Act of Union to form Province of Canada; Upper Canada became Canada West, Lower Canada became Canada East
(1847) Canada overwhelmed with over 100,000 immigrants escaping Irish Potato Famine, many suffered from typhus, 1700 deaths occurred
(1855) American canal at Sault Ste. Marie opened
(1858) Ottawa approved as permanent capital
(1867) Parliament of United Kingdom passed British North America Act; Province of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia joined to form country of Canada
(1872-1896) Oliver Mowat took office as Premier of Ontario, leader of the Ontario Liberal Party; defended provincial rights, expanded provincial power
