History Timeleine Ryan L

By luxy17
  • Oct 3, 1000

    Natives arrive in America

    PANTS (patriarchy, Algonquins, nomad, teepee, shield (Canadian shield))
    MISLL (matriarchy, Iroquois, sedintary, long house, Lowlands (St. Lawrence Lowlands)
    They are animists
  • Oct 3, 1534

    Cartier discovers Canada

    Tries to find a route to Asia for riches and gold and to claim the land for the King of France.
    3 voyages; on the third trip, he attemps to establish a permanenet settlement but doesn't work.

  • Champlain settles in Canada

    Creates a trading post in Quebec City (where the river narrows)
    100 associates had monopoly on the fur trade witht he Natives
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    French Regime

  • Maisonneuve establishes Montreal

  • Louis 14th takes over New-France

    100 Associates lose the monopoly and Louis 14th establishes a true governement system with a soverign council (Governer, Intendent, Bishop)
    Seigneuries were looked after by the Captain of Militia (head of police)
    King and Minister of Marine remained in France

  • Jean Talon is put in charge

    In order to populate New-France he...
    - Brings in Les Filles du Roi
    - Pays families to have babies and to get married
    - Gives fines to fathers whose girls didn't marry
    - bachelors over 21 paid fines
    - Offered free land to soldiers who stayed after their service

  • 7 Years war (4th intercolonial war) ends

    Fighting is in Europe and North America between the French and English.
    Signature of The Treaty of Paris
    French capitulate
    New France is handed to the British except for St Pierre and Miquelon

  • Royal Proclamation

    Colony: now called The Province of Quebec
    Territory is only around the St Lawrence Valley
    Civilian governement was applied (King-Governor-Executive Council)
    English criminal and civil laws
    Townships
    No new Bishop
    No roman Catholics would hold public office (Test Act)
    ASSIMILATE THE FRENCH

  • James Murray and Guy Carleton (Governors)

    99% of population was French
    He...
    - allowed the Bishop to be replaced
    - french laws in lower courts
    - did not call an elected assembly since it would favor english merchants
    Merchants were mad and asked for change- Guy Carlton came and did the same thing as Murray
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    British Regime

  • Quebec Act

    • Assure loyalty of French Canadians
    • Enlarges the territory of Quebec
    • Denied an elected assembly
    • French civil laws, tithe and seigneurial systems were back
    • appointed coucil
    • Test Oath of Allegience (sweaer your loyalty to the king in order to hold public office)

  • American Revolution begins

    13 Colonies revolts because of "no taxation without representation"

  • Treaty of Versailles

    • United States of America declare their independence with the final defeat in yorktown against the British
    • Quebec had to find new trading posts since south of the Great Lakes belonged to USA--- new company: North West company
    • Loyalists moved to Quebec (people from the 13 colconies who are lyal to Brittan- they came to the last englsih colony in North America)

  • Constitutional Act

    • to satisfy the loyalists
    • Upper and Lower Canada
    • Upper (Englsih and Ontario today- Protestant, townships, Englsih civil laws)
    • Lower (French and Quebec today- Catholic, French civil laws, people could work in admin)

  • Representative governement

    King and British parliament
    - In the Canadas...governor
    In each Canada...
    - Lieutenant governor
    - Executif council
    - Legislative council
    - Legislative assembly
    - Ordinary people

  • Faults in the system

    • governor had veto power
    • people at the top weren't voted for
    • In Lower Canada, there was conflict since the top wer English and the population was French

  • War of 1812

    -Americans vs. the British
    - Ends in stalemate
    - Timber trade replaces fur trade
    - agricultural crisis since seigneuries are overpopulated
    - Built railways and canals
    - Steam powered machinery
    - Irishment came (potato famine) and took alot of jobs since they would work for little money- Englsih population elevated

  • Lower and Upper Canada rebellions

    Louis Joseph-Papineau writes 92 resolutions to ask for change and mainly, responsible government
    - Russell's 10 resolutions: denied all demands
    - English and French rebelled
    - leaders of the rebellion: Mackenzie and Papineau
    - french won the battle in st Denis and English won all others
    - Representative governement was in demanded

  • Lord Durham

    Lord Durham was sent to investigate for London
    He says...
    - British should increase immigration in order to assimilate French
    - The Canadas should be united
    - They should eliminate veto power with responsible governement
    - these were all rejected until The Act of Union

  • Act of Union

    • Unites the two canadas and creates East and West
    • There is no rep. by pop-- things were distributed equally even though the populations were so different in East and West Canada
    • governor chose the legislative council.
    • Representative governement: People of East and West elected the legislative assembly, who chose the members of the executive council.

  • Acceptance of responsile governement

    Lord Eglin accepts responcible governement
    No more veto power
    THIS WAS ADOPTED AFTER THE CONSTITUTION

  • Brittan adopts free trade

    USA now turns to canada to be trading partners
    This preferential treatement is confirmed with the signing of the Reciprocity Treaty

  • Charlottetown and Quebec conferences

    Charlottetown: they agree to a merger
    Quebec: they agreed on 72 resolutions that would make the merger possible
    Rep by pop was established in Quebec

  • London Conference (confederation)

    Brittan signs Canada as its own country with the signing of The North american British Act
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    1st Phase of Industrialisation

    DUSTT (Dairy, Unions, Steam, Textiles, Timber)
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    2nd Phase of Industrialisation

    CHAMP (Chemicals, Hydroelectricity, american investment, Mining, Pulp and Paper)
    Stronger devide between rich and poor

  • Breakout of WW1

    Canada and Brittan vs. Germany
    Conscription is not voted for

  • Females get federal vote

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    Roaring 20s

    Economic prosperity

  • Start of Great Depression

    Stock market crash, which happened on "Black Thursday"Big line-ups for jobs, little concumption, poverty, starvation

  • Duplessis at Power

    leader of Union National Party
    Premier of Quebec
    non-interventionist
    In favor of church
    Encourages rural life
    Believes in Quebec indepenance

  • Breakout of WW2

    Because of statute of Westminister, Canada decides on their own to go to war
    Conscription is voted for (plebliscite)
    Known for propeganda

  • Post War Prosperity

    end of war; economy and population boost

  • Establishment of fleur-de-lise on flag

    Part of Nationalist policies of Duplessis

  • Provincial income tax

    Part of Nationalist policies of Duplessis