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35 Cards in this Set
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Manitoba Act
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1870
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William Mackenzie leads liberals to a landslide victory of the Conservatives
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1921
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BNA Act passed by the Queen. Confederation accomplished
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1867
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Dominion of Canada formed.
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July 1, 1867
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NWMP initiated to protect natives from whiskey traders.
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1873
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NWMP completed task. They established permanent Fort Macleod, in Old Man River.
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1874
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Native Treaties
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1871-1877
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Buffalo had disappeared from Canada
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1879
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Natives way of life threatened by white violations, introduction to riffle kills buffalo.
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1763-1783
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Royal Proclamation
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1763
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Red River Rebellion
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1869
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Manitoba act provided Métis families with land scrip.
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1870
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Dominion Lands Act
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1872
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Northwest Rebellion
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March 19, 1885
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Louis Riel hung.
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November 16, 1885
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Duck Lake then Fish Creek then Batoche
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1885
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CPR
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1881 - 1885
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Last Spike ceremony in Craigellachie
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November 7, 1885
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Alexander Mackenzie is liberal party winner and becomes leader of Canada
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1873-1878
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Sir John A. MacDonald forced to resign after Pacific Scandal
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1873
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Pacific Scandal
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1873
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American William Cornelius Van Horne was hired to manage the CPR.
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1882
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Estimated date of CPR completion
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1891
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History of BC
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18th century – 1914
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Treaty between the U.K. and U.S. was signed in Washington DC. (Oregon Boundary Treaty/ Treaty of Washington)
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1846
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Gold discovered on Thompson River
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1858
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Gold-bearing sandbars of the Fraser were depleted.
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1860
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Northwest Company Formed
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1783
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Creation of the Selkirk Settlement
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1811
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James Polk elected
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1844
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BC declared as a british colony
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1858 summer
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Canadian surveryors arrive in Red River
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1869
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Metis take Fort Gary
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feb 1870
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Thomas Scott
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March 1870
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British Columbia joins Confederation
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1871
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