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1500
Different Native roles
In the Alquonquin and Iroquois villages, the men and woman both had different roles to provide for the family. The men would generally be in charge of hunting and the fur. The woman would take charge of the kids and she would do the agriculture on the farm. -
1500
Barder system
Around 1500, the different nomadic and sedentary Aboriginal communities used the barter system, and this system would be used too trade goods between each other. -
1500
Transportation system
The canoe was the most used way of transportation and it was made of birch bark. They would use these canoes to transport by rivers. Snowshoes were also a very important way of transportation during the winter because without them you would not be able to walk on the snow. These snowshoes would be made be last a lifetime and without them, the nomads would not be able to survive because they would not be able to hunt in the winter. -
Furs
In the 17th century, fur was in high demand in Europe because it was in fashion to wear beaver hats. In North America, there was a lot of beavers and the Natives knew how to kill them so the territory of New France would expand because they would make trades with the Europeans. To make it easier to trade more trading posts were created. -
Fish
When the French arrived in new France they would fish a lot because they were easy to catch. The reason was that there was so much fish in the water. It was also a good food for them because since they were Catholic they couldn't eat fish on Friday so they would eat fish. And the fish could have been smoked, salted and sundried -
Alliances
The Europeans had certain alliances with certain native groups and they would defend each other so when one group would be in a conflict with each other the Europeans would also get involved. The conflict would be caused because they would fight for fur or resources. -
Company of One Hundred Associates
The Company of One Hundred Associates would go to New France to get raw materials and would then return to France to make finish materials. After it was a finished material they would go back to new France to sell it. They had a goal to bring 4000 people into the colony but did not succed on purpuse because they wanted to keep exploiting. -
The land of new France
This territory was way bigger than the number of people that were living on it. They would spread out to get fur. There was a thin population in all parts of the territory. Since there were many spaces of land that was empty it was hard to defend against. -
Agriculture
Agriculture was an important way of life in the 16 hundreds. Farmers would grow crops on their land, but they would not grow more than needed. The main crop that was grown was wheat and large families would get lands so that the children can work on. -
Mercantilism
Mercantilism was a way for the king to become rich by using the is colonies. Colonizing states should export the greatest possible quantity of goods in order to become wealthy. The mother countries relied on their colonies for the raw materials necessary for the production of manufactured goods, which they could then sell to other states. -
Growth of triangular trade
In the 18th century, the triangular trade involved 3 countries being France, New France, and the West Indies. The French organized this trade in order to become richer. They would do this by, taking advantage of the resources of its colonies, and by selling manufactured goods to its colonies. -
Completion of the Chemin du Roy
In the 17 hundreds, Gilles Hocquart created a road between Montreal and Quebec to help economic trade. This road also passed threw Trois Riviere and it was called «Chemin du Roy». -
Corn laws
In 1815, Great Britain adopted a series of laws, the Corn Laws, which guaranteed preferential tariffs on the British market to the colonies' grain merchants. Lower Canada will benefit from these laws. -
First Phase of Industrialization
This phase of industrialization took place un the 19th century and it consisted of making finished products. The work was being done in the factories, it was boring and dangerous work. The first manufacturing industries were powered by steam/coal. These factories would burn the coal which would heat the water which created the steam. -
Population change
From the year 1871 to 1901 the population of Quebec increased by 30 to 49 percent because the birth rate was very high. Even tho the population was increasing there were still many people leaving because they would either go to the united states for better work conditions. At this time in age, the wealthy lived a good healthy life but the poor lived miserably. Pollution was everywhere. Most of the working class were not well feed. There was a high mortality rate. -
Macdonald's National Policy
John A Macdonald inforced his national Policy, the goal of this policy was to revive the economy. He had three goals the first being to increase in protectionist tariff, the second being the expansion of railway network and lastly to stimulate immigration. -
Workers demands
The workers in the 1900 hundreds had a couple of demands. They wanted to be allowed to be apart of a union. Thye also wanted to have good working conditions and good pay. -
The Roaring Twenties
After world war one the population was celebrating the victory of their contry by spending more money than theyusually did. The woman in the families also started working to support the household. -
Great Depression
In 1929 the stock market crashed in new york and this caused the great depression. This depression happened because people were buying shares in companies on borrowed money. During this time everyone was being fired. Since everyone was poor nobody was buying anything anymore so everyone became poorer. -
The Quiet Revolution
The Quiet Revolution was a period of socio-political and socio-cultural change in the Canadian province of Québec. They wanted to make the Quebec government the major force behind Quebec's social and economic development. They wanted to change the educational system and they wanted to make the church less of an impact to end Quebec's political isolation. -
First major oil crisis
In 1973, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided to curb oil production and raise prices, causing an economic slowdown in the Western world. The situation caused an economic decline. -
The timber trade
In the 1990s the lumber industry became the most important to the Canadian economy. Timber trade was replacing the trade. Since the British wanted to obtain supplies from the European continents, Napoleon, imposed a continental embargo this means that needed to find a new way to get forest production. So Britain started to get its timber supplies from BNA. Britain implemented preferential rates and the timber trade was so profitable, that a bank was created, The Bank of Montreal. -
Second Phase of Industrialization
In the second phase of industrialization, there was exploitation of resources such as agriculture, forest, mining, hydroelectricity
There was also natural resources that were being exploited, for example, ore, pulp, paper. The source of capital was distributed in different economic sectors. And lastly, there was a birth of Crown Corporations. -
Union
A union is used to protect the worker from bad working conditions and form unfair or unstable pay. These workers need to pay a fee to be included in the union. In each union, there is a president and he is the one that deals directly with the company. For exemle if the worker are not being payed enough the presedenrt will complain to the owner and will tell the owner to change the pay or the workers will go on strike. -
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
On January 1st, 1989, the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement came into effect, this free trade agreement would eliminate almost all customs duties between Canada and the United States. Later on, Mexico was also included they agreed to participate in the North American Free Trade Agreement, which ws finilized in January 1st, 1994.
