POPULATION UNDER BRITISH RULE
BRITISH TAKE OVER QUEBEC I. THE CONQUEST 1760 BRITISH TAKE OVER QUEBEC
IMPACT ON CANADA’S POPULATION 1.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Acadians deported between 1754 and 1763 Why? The British felt they wouldn’t be loyal AND they possessed good farm land
II. ROYAL PROCLAMATION (1763) CREATED THE RESERVE SYSTEM FRENCH CULTURE WAS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED ENGLISH SCHOOLS WERE CREATED 2. ENGLISH CHURCHES INTRODUCED 3. FRENCH NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE A NEW BISHOP 4. NO NEW FRENCH IMMIGRATION ALLOWED
III. NEW IMMIGRANT GROUPS BEGAN ARRIVING A) ENGLISH B) WELSH C) SCOTTISH
D) IRISH Push potato famine Pull new life
Discussion Question What do you notice about all these new immigrant groups? What effect do you think that will have on the Canadian population in the long run?
IV. AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1776-1783 AMERICANS FOUGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN AND WON
IMPACT ON CANADIAN POPULATION B) FRENCH GIVEN THEIR RIGHTS BACK (Seigneurial System, Religious Rights, Political Rights) THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE QUEBC ACT OF 1774
C) LOYALISTS ARRIVE – 1780s WERE LOYAL TO BRITISH; FORCED TO LEAVE UNITED STATES INCREASED ANGLOPHONE POPULATION
CONSTITUTIONAL ACT 1791
IMPACT ON CANADIAN POPULATION B) CREATED THE TOWNSHIP SYSTEM OF LAND DIVISION SQUARE LOTS AREAS DIVIDED BY THIS SYSTEM: EASTERN TOWNSHIPS OTTAWA VALLEY
C) CREATED UPPER AND LOWER CANADA Because of pressure from the Loyalists, Canada was divided into: UPPER Canada (mostly English) LOWER Canada (mostly French)
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1860-1865
IMPACT ON CANADIAN POPULATION B) SLAVES ARRIVED AND SETTLED IN SOUTHER ONTARIO AND NOVA SCOTIA A) CREATED THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY