HIST 1F96 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Manifest Destiny, Monroe Doctrine, Western Settlement
14 Mar 2014
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Last week recap: slavery and race in the 19th century: slave resistance, dependence on historical context and population and economic context makes up differences, abolishment of slavery, white american views vs. white european views. Territorial expansion and indigenous resistance: expanding territorial boundaries, expansionism: a nationalist project, native-newcomer conflict in the 19th century, united states, canada, latin america. In conflict with national expansion: weakened other peoples (ex, indigenous) culture. In canada: seven years war, britain occupied lower ontario, quebec, all of the maritimes and all of british. Columbia (very few europeans in the west): fur trade companies occupied most of canada (middle and north), 1950"s and 60"s gold rush pushed western settlement (ex, victoria and. Vancouver colonies): confederation (1867), pushed settlement in the west, in the early 1870"s, manitoba and alberta became independent. Canada: french canada became nationalistic after metis rebellion, newfoundland joined nation in 1849.
