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The history of Canada covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to North America thousands of years ago to the present day. The lands encompassing present-day Canada have been inhabited for millennia by Indigenous peoples , with distinct trade networks, spiritual beliefs, and styles of social organization.
Concluding a series of agreements between Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Hudson's Bay Company, Canada acquires Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory, forming the Northwest Territories. In the aftermath of the Red River Rebellion, Manitoba is subdivided from the new territory in the area around Winnipeg , becoming Canada's fifth ...
Starting with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, New France, of which the colony of Canada was a part, formally became a part of the British Empire.The Royal Proclamation of 1763 enlarged the colony of Canada under the name of the Province of Quebec, which with the Constitutional Act 1791 became known as the Canadas.
The historiography of Canada deals with the manner in which historians have depicted, analyzed, and debated the history of Canada. It also covers the popular memory of critical historical events, ideas and leaders, as well as the depiction of those events in museums , monuments, reenactments, pageants and historic sites .
The History of Canada: Canada under French rule. Roswell and Hutchinson. Morton, Desmond (2001). A short history of Canada (5th ed.). Marks and Spencer. ISBN 0771065086. Morton, Desmond (1999). A military history of Canada (4th ed.). Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. ISBN 0771065140. Matthews, Geoffrey J (1987). Historical atlas of Canada, From ...
In the middle of the 19th century, Canada went through big events in its history. After a series of rebellions, the British government by the Act of Union in 1840 united the Lower and Upper Canada into the United Province of Canada. After eight years Canada achieved a responsible government.
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A History of Canada: From its origins to the royal régime, 1663. Clarke, Irwin. Lanctôt, Gustave (1964). A History of Canada: From the Royal Regime to the Treaty of Utrecht, 1663–1713. Harvard University Press. Lanctôt, Gustave (1965). A History of Canada: From the Treaty of Utrecht to the Treaty of Paris, 1713–1763. Clarke, Irwin & Company.