Global Influences and the Development of Canada

 

 

Chapter III Assignment

 

Instructions:

 

  1. Use the internet, to extract information on the events listed below.
  2. Use your text book, Canada’s History: Voices and Visions, (Chapter 3) as a guide.
  3. Use Internet Explorer and Microsoft Word as tools to complete this exercise.
  4. Research and write/type three significant (3) points about each event and demonstrate how each point is important to the history of Canada.
  5. When you have completed your research, create a timeline of these events in chronological order.

 

Some good starting places for your research include:

 

The Canadian Encyclopedia

 

The Canadian History Portal

 

  1. When you complete this assignment, save the document to your workspace and print a copy to pass in. (Have your print job approved before printing)

 

Make sure you use the footnote option under the Insert Menu (Reference) to cite the website addresses.

 

Events:

 

*      The construction of Louisbourg

*      The fall of Louisbourg

*      Treaty of Utrecht

*      Treaty of Paris 1783

*      Reciprocity Treaty

*      War 1812

*      The construction of the Halifax Citadel

*      Battle of the Plains of Abraham (Quebec Falls)

*      Seven Years War

*      The Great Upheaval

*      Declaration of Independence

*      Manifest Destiny

*      British North American Act (BNA Act)

*      United Empire Loyalists

*      Thirteen Colonies  [1]

 



[1] Created by D. Smith March 25, 2003. Last revised Oct. 22/03