Early People
Explorers
Seven Year's War
British Loyalists
Dominion of Canada
Mining
In the early 1500s, early people such as the Algonquians, the Cree, the Iroquois, and the Huron inhabited Canada; they fished and hunted.
Explorers came to survey the land, and in 1611 it was claimed for England.
The French and the English fought over the land in the Seven Years’ War. The war ended in 1763 with the signing of the “Treaty of Paris”, and England victorious.
When the American Revolution ended, British loyalists fled from the U.S. to Canada, splitting the Quebec colony into Lower Canada (French speaking) and Upper Canada (English speaking that later became Ontario).
The Dominion of Canada was established, which meant it was self-governed, but still within the British Empire. Ontario became a province along with Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.
In the late 1800s, mining became very prevalent, and hydroelectric power was on the rise.
Ontario
This land is perfect!
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
By Lauren Ayube