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How Did The Seven Year War Affect Canada

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Canada was a very unstable country 150 years ago, with two countries fighting over the land. John A MacDonald helped make Canada a very strong and stable country.The French took over the land of Canada and called it New France. Later on, he British took control of New France and later on, called it British North America.One big part of Canadian history was developing a Responsible government to take care of its’ citizens. In the time period between 1700s and the 1850s there was a lot of war and acts in Canada. Like the war of the Spanish Succession, the Seven Year War, the Constitution Act and the Act of Union, until they found peace. From 1700s to the 1850s there were a lot of events that impacted our country which made Canada …show more content…

The French were affected because they lost the war. Both sides returned some of the places they had captured from the other war. New France was not among them, it remained a British colony. The French Empire in this part of North America was at an end. The colony of New France did not last. It officially ended with the Treaty of Paris, in 1763. Britain ended up getting Louisbourg and New France did not want to sign the treaty of Paris because they gave up everything. In 1791 when the Loyalists originally from Britain came to Quebec, they quickly took up their free land and built communities. They were shocked by some of the differences between their new home and the homes in the United States. They had given up their homeland because of their attachment to the crown. They recently had been abused by the Patriots who were French rebels fighting the British. Many Loyalists had fought in the British army and some had lost family members in the conflict. The Loyalists said “is this any way to treat heros, we came here to live in freedom. You gave us French land laws and no elections”. They demanded to change the system, the British government listened. The British agreed to change the system of the government law. The Constitution Act brought happiness to the Loyalists, and and the British government so now the Loyalists could not start a

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