HIST 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Lower Canada

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Settler revolution: large scale migration, 1m people com from great britain. Travelling to emerging mill towns (1840"s) to support family. Trying to make a living by combo of farming and employment in timber trade. Economic processes/changes in early 19th c to diversify. High birth rates: more offspring, less land to inherit. 19th c french cad society: agriculture relatively unproductive, not oriented to modernization/accumulation of capital. But, nature of system is changing in significant ways. Early 19th c: ownership of seigneuries mostly british people. Changing management: owners begin operating on maximum profit basis. Soil becomes less rich because of so much agriculture. Extraction of rent from lands, profit potential reduced. Increasing economic tension as this system becomes based on capitalism. Diminished opportunities in rural communities, people move to the city. Much settlement coming from nearby agricultural settlements (involved in timber trade) Sustains family economy by allowing them to supplement incomes.

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