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Montreal officially became a city in 1832. The city's growth was spurred by the opening of the Lachine Canal and Montreal was the capital of the United Province of Canada from 1844 to 1849. Growth continued and by 1860 Montreal was the largest city in British North America and the undisputed economic and cultural centre of Canada.
Hace 3 días · Montreal is a city with considerable French colonial history dating back to the 16th century. It began as a missionary settlement but soon became a fur-trading centre, a role that was enhanced after the conquest of New France by the British in 1763.
History of Montreal. Early settlement. The site of Montreal was called Hochelaga by the Huron people when the French navigator and explorer Jacques Cartier visited it in 1535–36 on his second voyage to the New World.
Montreal [a] is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", [17] it is now named after Mount Royal, [18] the triple-peaked hill around which the early settlement was built. [19]
7 de abr. de 2009 · Learn about the history of Montreal, Canada's second largest city and a major cultural and economic centre. Explore its origins as a fur-trade colony, its role in the Conquest of 1760, its growth and conflicts in the 19th century, and its modern challenges and achievements.
26 de ene. de 2010 · Explore the history of Montreal and Canada through articles on major events, important people and cultural influences. Learn about the Mechanics' Institute, the Gas Light Company, the abolitionist movement and more.
The timeline of Montreal history is a chronology of significant events in the history of Montreal, Canada's second-most populated city, with about 3.5 million residents in 2018, [1] and the fourth-largest French-speaking city in the world.
