History

Canadian English owes its very existence to important historical events, especially:
 The Treaty of Paris of 1763, which ended the Seven Years’ War 
 The American Revolution 
 The Industrial Revolution in Britain in the 19th century.

Origins and the Treaty of Paris of 1763,

English was first spoken in Canada in the 17th century, in seasonal fishing
communities the island of Newfoundland. Extensive English-speaking settlement
of the rest of eastern Canada was made possible by British victory in the
Seven Years’ War, after which France ceded its remaining Canadian territory
to Britain in the Treaty of Paris (1763).

The American Revolution

Two decades later, following the American Revolution, approximately
45,000 United Empire Loyalists, who had supported Britain during the war,
fled to Canada, mostly from the mid-Atlantic and New England states. Their
arrival in 1783–1784 provided the first substantial English-speaking population
in what would become Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia
American immigration continued into the early 19th century bolstering the population
of Ontario and pioneering the Eastern Towships region of southern Quebec. By this
time, Ontario had a mostly ex-American population of around 100,000,
stretching from Windsor to Cornwall, and Toronto had been founded as the
town of York (1793). 

The Industrial Revolution in Britain

The next major wave of English-speaking settlement, when Britain faced problems
connected with overpopulation and the economic and social consequences of the
Industrial Revolution. These problems encouraged many British people to emigrate.
Hundreds of thousands came to Canada in the early- and mid-19th century, more or
less completing the settlement of the central and eastern parts of the country, from
southern Ontario to the Atlantic coast. T

When France ceded its remaining Canadian territory to Britain?

a.1769
b.1765
c.1763 ( đáp án c)
d.1770
1. Why British people emigrate from Britain to Canada in the 19th century?
a. Overpopulation
b. Economic
c. Social
d. All correct ( đáp án d)