Becoming a Nation, 18401867 Timeline

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Chapter 5

• Becoming a Nation, 18401867 Timeline

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• 1841
• Union of Upper Canada and Lower Canada
  proclaimed.
• 1842
• Webster-Ashburton Treaty resolves the New
  Brunswick border.
• Great Britain experiments with partially elected,
  partially appointed legislature for Newfoundland

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• 1843
• Fort Victoria established on Vancouver Island.
• 1846
• Oregon Boundary Treaty settles western boundary.
• Corn Laws and Timber duties are repealed by
  British Parliament.
• St Johns, Newfoundland, is destroyed by fire.

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• 1848
• Nova Scotia gets responsible government.
• Lord Elgin concedes responsible government to
  Canada.
• Newfoundland reverts to an elected assembly.
• 1849
• Vancouver Island is leased by the British to the
  Hudsons Bay Company and becomes a Crown colony.
• Rebellion Losses Bill is enacted, leading to
  riots in Montreal.
• Annexation movement flourishes.

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• 1851
• James Douglas becomes governor of Vancouver
  Island.
• Cable is laid from New Brunswick to Prince Edward
  Island, which received responsible government.
• Colonial government takes over post offices.
• 1852
• Grand Trunk Railway is incorporated.

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• 1854
• Reciprocity Treaty with United States is signed,
  to last 10 years.
• 1855
• Petroleum is discovered in southwestern Ontario.
• Newfoundland receives responsible government.
• 1856
• The first legislature meets on Vancouver Island.

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• 1857
• British Parliament holds inquiry over the future
  of the Northwest.
• Palliser and Canadian Exploring Expeditions are
  sent West to investigate the region.
• Gold is discovered on the Thompson and Fraser
  rivers.
• Ottawa is chosen by Queen Victoria as the site
  for the capital of the Province of Canada.
• Canadian legislature passes an Act for the
  Gradual Civilization of the Indian Tribes in the
  Canadas.

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• 1858
• British Columbia becomes a colony.
• 1859
• The first steamer is launched on the Red River.
  First newspaper is established in Red River.

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• 1860
• Cariboo Gold Rush begins in British Columbia.
• Prince Edward Island Land Commission convenes.
• Royal Tour of Prince Albert suggests that what
  would become Canada is already, in some sense, a
  political entity.
• 1861
• American Civil War begins.
• Montreal and Toronto introduce horse-drawn cars
  for public transportation.

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• 1862
• Cariboo Road is begun in British Columbia.
• 1863
• First non-Native salmon fishery on the Fraser
  River established.
• 1864
• Reciprocity Treaty is terminated by a vote of the
  American Senate, to take effect in 1866.
• Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences are held to
  discuss union of British North America.

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• 1866
• Transatlantic cable laid from Newfoundland to
  Europe.
• Union of British Columbia and Vancouver Island
  implemented, with Victoria as capital.
• 1867
• The British North America Act is passed by
  British Parliament to take effect 1 July 1867.
• Emily Howard Stowe obtains a medical degree in
  the United States, the first woman to do so.