Northern portion of the Louisiana purchase and the Oregon territory
Canada become a country when European's settled on the land. It was part of the British empire. There were many historical events in Canada. One of the most historical could be the burning of the White House in the War of 1812.
They forced nations to go to war I think.
The Chesapeake colonies had people who lived short and nasty lives because of all the diseases and dangers that could end their lives prematurely. This includes things like dysentery or typhoid. They could also get killed by animals or the locals. There was a lot of fighting between the people too because for each woman there were 6 men, so a lot of the men fought for women. Commonly people wouldn't go past their forties at best.