HIS395H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Recollects, Cherry Picking, Chinook Jargon
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O canada : historical origins of contemporary national identity. Initially the anthem was actually written in french. The music was composed by a montreal musician. Written in 1880 to commemorate the quebec national holiday ironically. 1914 version: changes the some words in the verses, changes us" to sons" gendered change, around wwi encouraging men to go to war. 1926 version: add in another verse, a highly religious verse. Essentially, the french version and the english version are two completely diff songs as the words are completely diff with the same music . The french version is more religious and more imperialistic, french talks about the land of our ancestors while the. English talks about our native land both are trying to legitimate the canadian nation with no reference to the first nations. British north america act (1867) gave parliament responsibility over naturalization and. Canadian citizenship not created until canadian citizenship act (1947)
