Chapter 1-dates

Act of Union

Act of Union

1840

Foundation of the institut Canadien

1844

Tabling of the Bagot commission report

1844

Massive Irish Immigration

1845-1847

Burning of the Parliament Building in Montreal

1849

Withdrawal of women's right to vote

1849

Founding of the grand trunk Railway Company

1852

Founding of the first French language university in America

1852

Abolition of the seigneurial system

1854

Reciprocity Treaty

1854-1866

Coming into force of the Civil code of Lower Canada

1866

Adoption of the British North America Act

1867

First Metis Uprising( Red Rever Rebellion)

1869

Creation of the northwest territories

1870

legalization of unions

1872

Abolition of the Department of Public Instruction

1875

Adoption of the Indian Act

1876

Hanging of louis Riel

1885

Founding of the Montreal Local Council of Women

1893

Founding of the Ecole litteraure de Montreal

1895

Creation of responsible government in Province of Canada

1848

The Alliance of Reformers

1841

Creation of Indian reserves in Lower Canada- Set aside 230000 acres for First Nations.

1851

Objective- sedentarization of first nations people

1851

Ministerial instability

1854-1864

The Great coalition

(George-Etienne Cartier, John A. Mcdonald, and George Brown)

June 1864

The London Conference

1866

The Quebec government adopted the Quebec Factories Act. (minimum age & limited hours)

1885

The federal government established the Royal Commission on the Relations of Labour and Capital(minimum age. limited hours, and compensated injured workers)

1886

British Columbia joined the Dominion

1871

Prince Edward Island joined the Dominion

1873

Second Metis Uprising in Batoche

1885

The Macdonald government's National policy

1879

The Canadian Pacific Railway was created

1885

The first interprovincial conference

1887