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	Constitutional history of Canada
		The second was the period of representative but irresponsible government, dating from 1759 in the case of Nova Scotia and from 1784 in the case of New Brunswick, but beginning with 1791 in the case of Upper and Lower Canada.
		It became necessary to submerge or subordinate the rival animosities of Upper and Lower Canada in a larger arena; and in 1864 the leading politicians in both parties in Canada were brought together in a coalition government with a view to bringing about this result.
		Delegates from Canada were sent to this conference to invite the delegates from the Maritime provinces to meet at Quebec in October to discuss the larger union.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/Conthistcan.htm (3109 words)

	Canada. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon.
		Canada is a federation of 10 provinces—Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia—and three territories—Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory.
		During the Ice Age all of Canada was covered by a continental ice sheet that scoured and depressed the land surface, leaving a covering of glacial drift, depositional landforms, and innumerable lakes and rivers.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ca/Canada.html (4925 words)

	History of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Canada was split into two parts in 1837 each with their own governing bodies overseen by the British Parliament.
		Canada has participated in the United Nations since its inception and is the only nation to have taken part in all of the UN's major peacekeeping operations.
		Canada is also a member of the Commonwealth, la Francophonie, the Group of Eight industrialized nations, the OAS (Organization of American States) and the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) defence pact.
	www.trailcanada.com /canada/history.asp (1132 words)

	Historical Summary - Canada
		Quebec (called the Canadas by the English) and most other French possessions held since the defeat in 1759 were relinquished by treaty in 1763.
		Upper Canada's European colonization has continued since the American Revolution with Late Loyalists now settling the Niagara peninsula, the Bay of Quinte on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, and lower Ottawa valley, with many aboriginal peoples receiving new lands along the Grand River.
		On July 1, 1867, the provinces of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia become the Dominion of Canada with its capital in Ottawa.
	www1.xe.net /~mbone/webtree/history-ca.htm (3007 words)

	Gazetteers in Canada
		Henry Scadding, in an article on Canadian gazetteers entitled First gazetteer of Upper Canada, with annotations (Toronto, 1876), states that the earliest gazetteer he had seen relating to Canada was The North American and the West Indian gazetteer, published in London "soon after the conquest of Canada in 1759".
		The Ontario county gazetteer and Canadian cyclopaedia, containing historical sketches of Ontario and of the Dominion of Canada (Toronto, 1885) subordinates the geographical interest to the historical.
		The total output of Canadian gazetteers is not large, but the titles listed in this article are sufficiently comprehensive to show that, from Smith's compilation in 1799 onward through the nineteenth century, the study of such publications is of exceptional interest in reflecting the successive and rapid stages of the development of the Dominion.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/GazetteersinCanada.htm (793 words)

	Study Abroad and Exchanges - History of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Canada is an almost unimaginably vast land, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the latitude of Chicago to the North Pole.
		This ethnic mosaic is dominated by Canada's indigenous, French and British traditions and influenced by a cultural infusion from the USA and by a growing number of immigrants from Europe, Asia and Latin America.
		In this immense space are the Rockies and wheat-producing Prairie Provinces of the west, major cities in the east and the Canadian Shield and frozen tundra in the north.
	www.plattsburgh.edu /academics/studyabroad/canada/about.php (492 words)

	Hotels Canada - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Act established the Dominion of Canada and became Canada's equivalent of a constitution.
		After WWI Canada grew slowly in stature and prosperity, becoming a voluntary member of the Commonwealth in 1931.
		In 1967 Canada celebrated its 100th anniversary with Expo, the World's Fair in Montreal, as one of the highlights.
	www.hotelscanada.net /history.htm (627 words)

	Military.org -- CountryWatch.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The climactic battle that established British supremacy in Canada was in 1759, for the city of Quebec.
		Canada is one of the contemporary world's leading havens for refugees displaced by political and social conflict as well as a favored destination for immigrants seeking new opportunities.
		Shortly before the 1998 provincial vote, Canada's Supreme Court had also weighed in on the Quebec issue, to the effect that any prospective secession could not be unilateral and would require coordinated consultations with the government of Canada and the government's consent.
	www.countrywatch.com /mi_topic.asp?vCOUNTRY=32&SECTION=COVER&TOPIC=POHIS&TYPE=TEXT (2200 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He excepted the command and on April 3rd, the squadron set sail for Canada from the port of Brest.
		So long as France is a nursery to Canada, let not the Canadians be allowed to trade, but kept to their wandering laborious life with the savages, and to their military services.
		In an effort to put Canada in a state of adiquate defense, Montcalm stationed Lévis at Fort Carillon, Bourlamaque at Fort Frontenac, and Captain Pouchot at Fort Niagara.
	www.angelfire.com /il2/frenchwar/montcalm.html (2876 words)

	Battle for Canada - Superior Middle School Heritage Fair Project
		The plateau was the scene of the 1759 battle between the French under Marquis de Montcalm, and the British under James Wolfe, in which both leaders were killed but in which Quebec was secured for the British.
		On the rainy morning of September 13, 1759, the armies of England and France clashed outside the walls of Quebec City and altered the balance of power of an entire continent.
		General James Wolfe was a British soldiers whose success in the 1759 battle of Quebec, won what is now known as Canada, for the British Empire.Born in Westerham, England to a military family Wolfe joined the army when he was fourteen years of age.
	www.gnb.ca /0007/heritage/Programs/Fairs2000/Battle.htm (920 words)

	Discover Canada - Toronto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Canada is a land of forests, mighty rivers, great lakes and waterfalls.
		This morning, tour the nation's "Capital" highlighted by Canada's Parliament Buildings, the Embassies, the Prime Minister's residence, Rideau Falls and Canal.
		Walk the Plains of Abraham where the fate of North America was decided in 1759.
	www.flyingdutchmentravel.com /canada/toronto-maple.php (462 words)

	19th Century Conflict and Change in Canada - John Graves Simcoe
		John's father set off in 1759 for Canada in the fleet under command of Admiral Sanders.
		In 1791, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the newly created province of Upper Canada (now Ontario Provin His administration was rendered ineffective by the impracticability of projects and the friction that developed between him and the Governor-General, Sir Guy Carleton, 1st Baron of Dorchester.
		He left Canada in 1796, and was sent on a military and diplomatic mission to the French colony of Saint-Dominigue, which the British had partly occupied.
	smcdsb.on.ca /mdy/Simcoe.htm (604 words)

	CRS News August 29, 2004
		It was on the Plains of Abraham, perched on the top of the cliffs, that the British General Wolfe defeated French General Montcalm in 1759 in the battle for the continent.
		For the next 17 years, all of North America was British, before the disgruntled colonists to the south dumped tea into the Boston Harbour and the Minutemen fired the shots that were heard around the world.
		It was in 1759 that modern Canada began, with the great experiment of English-speaking protestants and French-speaking Catholics, different cultures as well as languages and faiths, creating and sustaining one nation together.
	www.canadarunningseries.com /crs/news/aug_29_04.htm (515 words)

	Vive le Canada
		Ireland has demonstrated why Canada's golden document the statue of westminister which created Canada as a self governoring dominion is a sham.
		Canada's golden document is not worth the paper it is printed on.
		Canada was became Quebec in the Quebec Act as did those territories you mentioned.
	www.vivelecanada.ca /forum/viewtopic.php?forum=33&showtopic=11941 (5644 words)

	Genealogy Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		PAQUET) was born 24 Mar 1672/73 in Ste-Famille, Isle d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada, and died 13 Oct 1745 in Quebec.
		She was born 31 Mar 1689 in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada, and died 23 Mar 1741/42 in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada.
		PAQUET) was born 10 Mar 1695/96 in St-Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada, and died 17 Nov 1748 in Saint Anne de Beaupre, Montmorency, Quebec.
	mysite.verizon.net /vze7w18q/id6.html (1177 words)

	Untitled Document
		Opposing the invading enemy, he fell near these Heights on the 13th October 1812, in the 43rd year of his age, revered and lamented by the people whom he governed, and deplored by the sovereign to whose services his life had been devoted.
		In 1811 just prior to the outbreak of war between Britain and the United States, Brock became the President of the Executive Council and Administrator of Upper Canada (now Ontario) and rapidly organised the defence of the infant colony.
		Canada erected this monument as a memorial of her brave sons who fell at Limeridge or died of wounds received in action or from disease contracted in
	members.tripod.com /~Glosters/canada.htm (2888 words)

	Quebec Chronology
		Champlain was soldier, sailor, statesman and pioneer, equally at home in an Indian wigwam or at the court of HENRY IV of France ; and his staunch and pious character is worthy of a Father of his country.
		It was held on a most historic site ; where the Bishops of the old regime always had their Palace, where King Edward VII stayed during his visit in 1860, where the Fathers of Confederation began their sessions in 1864,and where the Dominion of Canada was proclaimed in 1867.
		The French and English heroes on the British side at Chateauguay and Queenston Heights were both quartered at Quebec at different times, The street across which Montcalm's and Wolfe's men fired into each others' faces is called after de Salaberry, and Brock lived in the third house from the top of Fabrique Street.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles30/old-canada-2.shtml (2086 words)

	Canada in the Making - Primary Sources
		Volume II The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories including the Negotiations on which they were based.
		Lower Canada: An Act to create a fund for defraying the Expense of providing Medical Assistance for Sick Emigrants...
		Acts of the legislatures of the provinces now comprised in the Dominion, and of Canada, 1887 (Contains at least 35 documents related to the construction of various Canadian railways; see indexes)
	www.canadiana.org /citm/primary/primary_e.html (526 words)

	PATHS OF GLORY
		Regiments with royal or princely titles generally had gold fleurs-de-lis on the arms of the cross of both the Colonel's Color and the drapeau d'ordonnance.
		The Compagnies Franches de la Marine was not a marine corps in the usual sense since it did not serve at sea with the Navy.
		At the Battle of Quebec (13 September 1759), both Major-General James Wolfe, commanding the British army, and Major-General the Marquis de Montcalm, the French commander, were killed in action.
	tmg110.tripod.com /royfr2.htm (227 words)

	Canada
		1791 Canada was divided into Upper Canada (much of modern Ontario) and Lower Canada (much of modern Québec).
		1870 Manitoba (part of Rupert's Land) formed the fifth province of Canada; British Columbia became the sixth in 1871, and Prince Edward Island became the seventh in 1873.
		1949 Newfoundland became the tenth province of Canada; Canada was a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/countryfacts/canada.html (1032 words)

	Washington Courts
		It began, she said, with the British takeover of Canada in 1759-60.
		British soldiers suppressed armed rebellion by French-Canadian protesters in 1837, and Canada's modern government was formed.
		Unlike the United States charter, Canada's constitution allows the federal attorney general to put legal questions before the Court.
	www.courts.wa.gov /newsinfo/?fa=newsinfo.judetail&newsid=286 (856 words)

	The Famous Five - British Imperialism
		The fight to establish and maintain a British presence in Canada followed Britain's 1759 "Conquest" of New France, but not until 20 years after "The Conquest" was there a flood of British immigration into the colony.
		The Famous 5 were members of Canada's largely Anglo-Saxon cultural elite—its leaders, teachers and intellectuals.
		In the eyes of many members of the elite, the power of the British Empire was evidence of British superiority, and they believed that Canada's future greatness was dependent upon maintaining its Anglo-Saxon heritage and culture, as well as close ties to the British Empire.
	www.abheritage.ca /famous5/context/british_imperialism.html (279 words)

	1759 : Teaching Guide
		The National Battlefields Commission, in collaboration with the Virtual Museum of Canada, is presenting 1759: From the Warpath to the Plains of Abraham, a new recreational/instructional virtual reality challenge.
		This exciting interactive adventure sends out net surfers to the year 1759 to let them relive, alongside the French, British, Canadians and Amerindians, the ups and downs of a fight to the finish for the conquest of America, an outstanding episode of the country’s military history.
		The 1759 game highlights the actions of these two Empires, their repercussions on the colony’s inhabitants and the involvement of the Amerindians in this challenge of the utmost importance for the continent.
	1759.ccbn-nbc.gc.ca /documents/guide_en.html (319 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Archibald Campbell (1739-1791)
		He entered the British army as an engineer, and with the outbreak of the Seven Years War (1756-63), participated in 1757 in raids on the French coast, where he "proved himself an able and gallant officer." He also served in the expeditions to capture the Carribbean islands of Guadeloupe, Dominique, Martinique, St. Lucia, and Grenada.
		As the war escalated, Campbell was posted to North America where he served as a captain in the Seventy-eighth Regiment of Foot, or Fraser's Highlanders, until he was seriously wounded during the capture of Quebec, Canada, in 1759.
		At the end of the Seven Years War, Fraser's Highlanders were disbanded, Campbell joined the British East India Company.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-666 (526 words)

	CanadaSoccer.com \| Official Site of the Canadian Soccer Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Canada set to play in CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
		Canada wins 1-0 against Jamaica in front of an animated crowd
		Canada triumphs over France 1-0 in International Friendly
	www.canadasoccer.com /eng/media/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=1759 (589 words)

	Antoine Courville, b: 1759 - Canada, Quebec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Born: JUL 1780 - Canada, Quebec, St. Antoine du Richelieu
		Born: 11 SEP 1799 - Canada, Quebec, Vercheres, Richelieu
		These pages, and the information they provide may not be copied for commercial use of any kind.
	home.comcast.net /~quinlisk/html/gp465.htm (302 words)

	Early Canada Historical Narratives -- Resources
		Creighton, Donald, Towards the Discovery of Canada, Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1972
		Horwood, Harold, Newfoundland, Macmillan of Canada Toronto 1969
		Morton,W.L., The Kingdom of Canada McClelland and Stewart, 1963
	www.uppercanadahistory.ca /resources.html (3855 words)

	Sam Sloan's Family Tree - pafg374 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Joseph-Francois (Hertault) ARTAULT [Parents] was born in Jan 1706/1707 in Tremblay, Chambly, PQ, Canada.
		Marie-Magdeleine (Daunais) Daunay [Parents].Marie-Magdeleine married Joseph-Francois (Hertault) ARTAULT on 7 Nov 1733 in St-Antoine, Longueuil, Chambly, PQ Canada.
		Sophie Romaine Petronille Falcon [Parents] was born on 18 Aug 1766 in Baie, St. Paul, Quebec, Canada.
	www.samsloan.com /pafg374.htm (1046 words)

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