Constitution
Act 1791 |
Guy Carleton |
Jay's
Treaty |
Black
Loyalists |
Alexander Mackenzie |
Simon
Fraser
|
David
Thompson |
John Graves
Simcoe
|
Captain
George Vancouver |
The Northwest Company
|
Prevost's
Conciliation |
Tecumseh
| The
War of 1812
| Lord
Selkirk
|
Newfoundland
With the end of the American Revolution, British
attention in North America moved decisively north with expansion and
exploration becoming to order of the day. Assimilation of the French
Canadians, exploration of the Northwest, consolidation of the
Maritimes and Ontario were all pursued vigorously by England. It was
an age of great explorers such as Mackenzie, Thompson Fraser and the
legend James Cook. It was also an era of commercial competition
between the two great fur trading companies, the Hudson Bay Company
and The Norwest Company. This growth and consolidation were
challenged by the newly formed United States during the war of 1812
with the fragile Canadian interests holding together against the
various American invasions.
