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1700's

• (1701)听Iroquois, French, English signed peace treaty听
• 听(1702 - 1713)听Queen Anne's War, France and England听
• 听(1704)听English settlement of Bonavista, Newfoundland, destroyed by French forces听
• 听(1707)听English from Massachusetts attacked Port Royal听
• 听(1709)听Slavery made legal in New France听
• 听(1710)听English captured Port Royal, renamed it Annapolis Royal听
• 听(1713)听French Acadia, Newfoundland and Hudson Bay lands ceded to England by Treaty of Utrecht; Queen Anne's War ended听
• 听(1734)听Marie-Joseph Angelique set fire to mistress' home to avoid being sold; half of Montreal is damaged; she was later tortured, then hung听
• 听(1736)听19 French voyageurs, including Father Jean-Pierre Aulneau and Jean Baptiste de La Verendrye massacred by Sioux warriors at Lake of the Woods听
• 听(1744)听France declared war on England听
• 听(1745)听After six-week siege, Louisbourg surrendered to English听
• 听(1748)听Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle returned Louisbourg, Ile Royale and Ile Saint-Jean to France听
• 听(1749)听Halifax founded by British听
• 听(1752 - 1759)听Seven Years' War听(King George's War)听
• 听(1755)听The Great Expulsion - French Acadians forced onto ships and deposited along southern coasts, hundreds died听
• 听(1759)听British troops led by Wolfe defeated French led by Montcalm at Quebec, both generals killed; British took possession of Quebec听
• 听(1760)听British destroyed Louisbourg听
• 听(1763)听In Treaty of Paris, France ceded most of its North American possessions to Britain听
• 听(1774)听Quebec Act passed, established French civil law, British criminal law, freedom of worship for Roman Catholics, government by appointed council听
• 听(1776)听American Revolution began; Quebec withstood American attack听
• 听(1783)听Americans given fishing rights off Newfoundland; border between Canada and United States established听
• 听(1785)听New Brunswick separated from Nova Scotia听
• 听(1791)听Constitutional Act of 1791 divided Quebec into Lower Canada (mostly French) and Upper Canada (mostly English)听
• 听(1793)听Upper Canada passed Act Against Slavery, stopped slaves being brought in, freed slaves 25-years and older听听

1800's

• (1812)听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听
• 听(1817)听Poor post-war economy caused famine in Newfoundland听
• 听(1818)听49th parallel accepted as border between United States and Canada from Lake of the Woods to Rocky Mountains听
• 听(1821)听Hudson Bay Company merged with North West Company听
• 听(1825)听Parliament House at Toronto burned; fire destroyed over 80 buildings in Montreal听
• 听(1830)听Canada divided into counties听
• 听(1832)听7,800 French-Canadians killed by cholera epidemic听
• 听(1836)听Canada's first rail line opened from St. Johns to La Prairie听
• 听(1837)听Rebellions against ruling elites, poverty, social divisions held in Upper and Lower Canada听