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Events relating to canada
Archaeological evidence reveals that the central plains of north America by now have a widespread human population
As temperatures warm, the sea level rises, submerging the Bering land bridge and isolating the Siberian immigrants as the aboriginal Americans
As the ice cap recedes, hunter-gatherers move up the eastern side of America into Newfoundland and the prairie provinces of Canada
Human groups adapt to the conditions of northern Canada and then Greenland, living mainly as hunters of marine mammals
On the grass plains of north America humans gradually hunt to extiinction several American species, including the camel, mammoth and horse
Leif Ericsson claims to have made landfall at three places in north America, one of which he names Vinland - the land of wine
Thorfinn Karlsefni leads an expedition to north America, traces of which may survive in a longhouse at L'Anse aux Meadows
Henry VII commissions the Italian navigator John Cabot to cross the Atlantic in search of new territories for England
John Cabot, searching for a trade route to China, probably reaches Newfoundland
French explorer Jacques Cartier charts the Gulf of St Lawrence and, in 1525, explores up the river as far as Montreal
Cartier, welcomed by the Huron Indians, gives their island in the St Lawrence river the name of Montreal
Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland on behalf of England's queen Elizabeth
Quebec is founded by Samuel de Champlain as a centre for the French fur trade
Henry Hudson, after wintering in Hudson Bay, is set adrift in an open boat by his mutinous crew
Louis XIV grants New France the status of a royal province and greatly increases the flow of colonists to north America
The Jesuits establish a mission at Sault Sainte Marie which becomes the starting point for French exploration south of the Great Lakes
New England militiamen achieve an unexpected success in capturing the fortress of Louisbourg from the French
The French in America, under the marquis of Montcalm, begin two highly successful years of campaigning against the British
British general James Wolfe sails up the St Lawrence river with 15,000 men to besiege Quebec
Wolfe defeats Montcalm and captures Quebec, but both commanders die in the engagement
In the treaty of Paris, Spain cedes Florida to Britain, completing British possession of the entire east coast of north America
Some 40,000 Loyalists flee from British America to the previously French colonies, in particular Nova Scotia
Alexander Mackenzie explores by canoe from central Canada through the Great Slave Lake to the Arctic Ocean
The Canadian Constitution Act divides Quebec into Upper Canada (today's Ontario) and Lower Canada (today's Quebec)
Naval officer George Vancouver sails from Britain on the voyage which will bring him to the northwest coast of America
