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PANTS (patriarchy, Algonquins, nomad, teepee, shield (Canadian shield))
MISLL (matriarchy, Iroquois, sedintary, long house, Lowlands (St. Lawrence Lowlands)
They are animists -
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. -
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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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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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- 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)
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13 Colonies revolts because of "no taxation without representation"
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- 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)
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- 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)
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King and British parliament
- In the Canadas...governor
In each Canada...
- Lieutenant governor
- Executif council
- Legislative council
- Legislative assembly
- Ordinary people -
- 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
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-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 -
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 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 -
- 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.
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Lord Eglin accepts responcible governement
No more veto power
THIS WAS ADOPTED AFTER THE CONSTITUTION -
USA now turns to canada to be trading partners
This preferential treatement is confirmed with the signing of the Reciprocity Treaty -
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 -
Brittan signs Canada as its own country with the signing of The North american British Act
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DUSTT (Dairy, Unions, Steam, Textiles, Timber)
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CHAMP (Chemicals, Hydroelectricity, american investment, Mining, Pulp and Paper)
Stronger devide between rich and poor -
Canada and Brittan vs. Germany
Conscription is not voted for -
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Economic prosperity
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Stock market crash, which happened on "Black Thursday"Big line-ups for jobs, little concumption, poverty, starvation
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leader of Union National Party
Premier of Quebec
non-interventionist
In favor of church
Encourages rural life
Believes in Quebec indepenance -
Because of statute of Westminister, Canada decides on their own to go to war
Conscription is voted for (plebliscite)
Known for propeganda -
end of war; economy and population boost
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Part of Nationalist policies of Duplessis
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Part of Nationalist policies of Duplessis