DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION 
070 North America 
.I Indians, aborigines .2 Lives of Indians .3 Special tribes 
.4 Special states .5 Government relation and treatment .6 Spe- 
cial subjects: caracter, civilization, agriculture, etc. 
See 371.975 Education; 572.97 Ethnology: 497 Languages 
Canada British America 
General works on Canada under British rule 
For histories of special periods see 971.01-.054; of special provinces see 971.1-.9 
For constitutional history see 342.71 
Period subdivisions 
For works not limited to any of the territorial subdivisions .1-.9 but dealing with 
a limited period 
Clas archives with their periods and segregate them if wisht by booknumbers 
that wil automaticly locate them ahed of other histories having the same clas 
aumber: e.g. A1-Ag if Cutter numbers ar used for other works; Aa-Az if 
Cutter-Sanborn numbers ar used 
French regime 1497-1763 
From earliest time till cession to England 
Discovery and early settlement 1497-1632 
Early explorations along Atlantic seaboard 1497-1533. Discovery and occu- 
pation of St Lawrence 1534-43. Rise of fur trade 1544-1612. Permanent 
colonization 1613-32 
.016 Extension of English rule 1632-1763 
Treaty of St Germain-en-Laye 20 Mar. 1632 
.018 Struggle with England for supremacy 
Peace of Utrecht 1713-Peace of Paris 1763. Seven years war 1755-63; in 
United States cald French and indian war. British supremacy dates actually 
from fall of Quebec, 1759; formally from peace of Paris, 10 Feb. 1763 
,02 End of 7 years war to constitutional act 1791 
Conspiracy of Pontiac 1763-64 
Quebec act 1774 
American revolution United Empire loyalists 
Canadian libraries wil clas here United Empire loyalists, but works on the 
revolution 1775-83 ar better put in 973.3 
+03 1792 to Union act 1841 
See also 971.3 Ontario and 971.4 Quebec 
.034 War of 1812 
1812-15. In United States cald also 2d war for independence 
Better clast in 973.52 (United States history) 
.038 Rebellion 1837-38 
.039 Union act 10 Feb. 1840 
Passage of Union act, closing the period under the Constitutional act. See 
also constitutional history, 342.719 
Union 1841 to Confederation 1867 
Beginning with operation of Union act; Canadian parliament at Ottawa 13 June 
1841. Clas clergy reservs agitation in 971.3 Ontario; abolition of seigniories in 
071.4 Quebec 
Fenian invasions 
British North America act, 29 March 1867 
Dominion of Canada 1867- 
Canada under British North America act 
Red river (Riel’s 1st) rebellion 1870 
Northwest (Riel’s 2d) rebellion 1885