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5 days ago · European exploration began in earnest in 1497 with the expedition of John Cabot, who was the first to draw a map of Canada’s East Coast. Exploring A River, Naming Canada. Between 1534 and 1542, Jacques Cartier made three voyages across the Atlantic, claiming the land for King Francis I of France.
2 days ago · The Province of Upper Canada (French: province du Haut-Canada) was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of the Province of Quebec since 1763. Upper Canada included all of modern-day Southern Ontario and all those areas of ...
- Parliament of Upper Canada
- British colony
3 days ago · After Confederation, the full-fledged professional Canadian military was established. As a British dominion, Canada's forces participated in the Second Boer War and the First World War. Canada issued its first declaration of war during the Second World War, in support of the UK.
2 days ago · America and West Indies: June 1723. Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 33, 1722-1723. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1934. This free content was digitised by double rekeying. All rights reserved.
4 days ago · Journal of the proceedings of Her Majesty's Commissioners for promoting the trade of this Kingdom, and for inspecting and improving her plantations in America and elsewhere, from the eighth of January, 1722-23, to the twentieth of December, 1723.
2 days ago · The culture of Canada embodies the artistic, culinary, literary, humour, musical, political and social elements that are representative of Canadians. Throughout Canada's history, its culture has been influenced firstly by its indigenous cultures, and later by European culture and traditions, mostly by the British and French.
3 days ago · Order of Council, of the 6th of August, 1723, directing the Board to consider and report what laws will be in force or expire in Jamaica, and upon what foot that government will stand after the 1st October, 1724, was read, and their Lordships resolved to consider further thereof to-morrow morning.
