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CANS 200 Exam 1 Study Guide1535 - -Beginning of New France;
Important b/c up until 1760 the entire story of Canada is the story of New
France
-1608 - -Samuel de Champlain established Quebec; Important b/c it
furthered trade with natives for beaver pelts
-1663 - -Rebooting of New France by Louis XIV
-Important b/c new direct rule through a triumvirate
-Governor acted as a leader, security, and military defense
-Intendant: chief operating officer
-> in charge of all economic issues of the colony; becomes enormously
powerful
-Bishop: took care of the welfare of the habitants, converted locals
-Goal: a village structure with fields and churches
-> problem: needed people to make villages
-> solution: "filles du roi"/daughters of the king: women sent over and told to
get married -> sex ratio balanced
-1713 - -Treaty of Utrecht signed as an outcome of the War of Spanish
Succession
-Important b/c as a result France had to turn over much of its belongings to
Britain -> Britain got Acadia
-1755 - -Acadian expulsion
-British found Acadians fighting on the French side of the Seven Years War
-Britain wanted the Acadians to swear an oath of allegiance to the crown, but
the Acadians refused
-Important b/c Britain ended up basically committing genocide on the
Acadian people by deporting them from their homeland
-September 13 1759 - -Fall of Quebec
-September 1760 - -Fall of Montreal
-1763 - -Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years War
-Important b/c France ended up giving up all of its territories in mainland
North America
-1774 - -Quebec Act
-Important b/c...
->it extended Quebec into the Ohio region, overriding the 13 colonies claim
to that land
, ->reestablished the catholic church
->came up with a hybrid system of English criminal law and French civil law
->Said Catholics could hold positions in the legislative council
-1791 - -Constitution Act
-Britain split Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada
-Upper: mostly anglophone, British institutions
Lower: mostly francophone, with the old mixed institutions (British criminal
law and French civil law)
-1812 - -War of 1812
-US wanted to eliminate the Indians in Canada and wipe out their idea of
having a separate state
-Britain was blockading French ports, which hurt American trade, so
Americans decided to invade Canada
-Important b/c...
->Indian nations were left shattered
->Canada's territory was intact after American invasion
->All different types of people in Canada felt united as Canadians after
fighting for their land and seeing it ravages by an invader
-1837/38 - -Upper Canada and Lower Canada both had rebellions
-Both failed and were quite mercilessly put down
-Important b/c it led to the Durham Report
->Lord Durham said that they should either give them a proper responsible
government or assimilate the French people (which would mean uniting
upper and lower Canada)
-1840 - -Union
-Important b/c led to a responsible government
-1867 - -Canada is created
-1869 - -Rupert's Land acquired from the Hudson's Bay Company
-Important b/c it became three Canadian provinces, Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, and Alberta
-1870 - -Manitoba becomes a province
-1873 - -Prince Edward Island joins the confederation
-1911 - -The first multiculturalism
-Important b/c it made Canada a "non-white" society (the foreign born
population increased dramatically)
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