Culture and currents of thought

First Nations

Oct 28, 1500

Spirituality/Nature
-Animalism.
-They believed that every element of nature had a spirit.
-Circle of life
-They lived with nature Social Relationships
-They had no sense of possession.
-The elders passed on all of the spiritual information through speech

Culture and currents of thought

Period: Oct 28, 1500 to Oct 29, 2016

Catholicism

Oct 28, 1608

-The church had a lot of power.
-The clergy was everywhere.
-Priests were working as missionaries.
-Nuns worked in hospitals.
-Nuns worked in schools to teach the younger generations the bible and to control the content that they learned.
-The church made money through a tax called the tithe.
-Most people were religious.
-The church controlled the law.
-Those who didn't obey the church would get excommunicated.

The divine right of kings

Oct 31, 1650

The divine right of kings is the right of a king to do whatever he wants whenever he wants no questions asked. The king had more power then anyone else in the kingdom including the church. He had veto power over anything, and he could put people in jail for no reason whatsoever.

King Louis The 14th

Oct 28, 1700

-Put and end to mercantilism.
-Assigned Jean Talon.
-Wanted to populate New France.
-Sent soldiers to New France to protect them from the British and to show that he was getting serious.
-Ended the monopoly of the compagnie of 100 associates.

Liberalism

Oct 31, 1800

A political party which believes in the freedom of individuals. They believe in parliamentarism. They believe that the government should let companies make their own decisions as long as they are legal.

Ultramontanism

Oct 31, 1800

Ultramontanism is the policy that the roman catholic church has all of the power, more so than the government. Church seeks to increase and extend its influence in all spheres of life.

Imperialism

Oct 31, 1800

Loyal to the mother country of the colonie. For example, the loyalists had imperial thoughts.

Anticlericalism

Oct 31, 1800

The policy that the church does not have any power besides for in the church. The opposite of ultramontanism.

Capitalism

Oct 31, 1900

An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. Today, there are a mix of the two, for example, Hydro Quebec is owned by the state and Adidas is owned by one person for profit.

Socialism

Oct 31, 1900

a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. This theory also believes that the rich should pay more taxes and that the poor should pay less.

Agriculturalism

Oct 31, 1900

Supporting farmers and rural workers to be the main source of the economy. When Maurice Duplessis was the premier of Quebec, he supported agriculturalism.

Laicism

Oct 31, 1900

The nonclerical, or secular, control of political and social institutions in a society.

Nationalism

Oct 31, 1900

It is like imperialism except with ones nation. For example if you live in Canada and you are very loyal to the country, you are a nationalist.

Feminism

Oct 31, 1900

Feminism relates to the role of women in society. Feminism is the belief that women should be more equal to men.

Cooperatism

Oct 31, 1900

Cooperatism’s main goal is building and owning an enterprise with a group of people, that eliminates or minimizes the abuse resulting from the corporate model. Basically, it is the elimination of the poor working conditions that factory workers had.

Neoliberalism

Oct 31, 1940

Neoliberalism refers primarily to the 20th century resurgence of 19th century ideas associated with economic liberalism. These include policies such as privatization, free trade, and reductions in government spending in order to enhance the role of the private sector in the economy.

Fascism

Nov 8, 1940

The idea that a dictator would control the entire country, he or she would rule through the use of force and military. This was the case in nazi germany led by Adolf Hitler which started world war two.

Americanism

Oct 31, 2016

Americanism is when other countries start doing american trends such as music, movie, dancing, etc...

Aboriginalism

Oct 31, 2016

-Claims for the recognition of first nations.
-Claims for special rights and laws that only apply to the aboriginal people.

The government

Oct 31, 2016

-Constitutional Monarchy -Parliamentary Democracy -Three levels of Government: Federal, Provincial, Municipal, each level has three types of functions Executive: Makes decisions about administration, power held by cabinet (federal). Legislative: Makes or amends laws, and imposes taxes. Power held by the House of Commons (federal) Judicial: Ensures laws are applied, Judges are appointed by the cabinet for life. (federal)