HISTORY TIMELINE
The Gold Rush Era
The Northwest Rebellion
- Metis left Manitoba and settled in Saskatchewan to build their lives they faced starvation.
three new provinces and a territory
1. Manitoba
2. British Columbia
3. P.E.I
4. North-West territories
1849
1885
1969
THE INDIAN ACT
- in 1876, the government passed the Indian Act. the Indian Act created the principle of Indian status, the term that identified people as first nations people.
END OF GOLD RUSH!
1876
1899
TO
1886
1881
1867
CANADIAN RAILROAD TRACK
Confederation
1. Ontario
2. Quebec
3. New Brunswick
4. Nova Scotia
- John A MacDonald becomes the first Prime Minister of Canada.
- in 1881 John A MacDonald gave the contract to build to the railway to a Montreal company called Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR).
- the canadian pacific railroad hired thousands of chinese labours to help with the railroad.
1890
1873
SETTLERS
WHEAT FARMING
The North West Mounted Police
- settlers finally decided to plant and grow wheat