HST 503 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lower Canada, Civi-Dt, Rhode Island General Assembly
26 Sep 2015
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Latter part of the 1800s was defined in a large part by two earth-shaking historical events: American revolution (1775-1783) and the french revolution (1789-1799) Both events had a significant impact on british interests around the world (including canada- which was a british colony) American revolution freed american colonists from british rule resulted in a loss of prestige and loss of wealth for the british government. Forcing them to bear witness to an experiment in republican forms of government that was at odds with the constitutional monarchy favoured in england. King and queen policies associated with french revolution created tension between france and other nations ruled by a monarch (prussia, austria, spain, and britain) resulted in wars during the late 18th and 19th centuries. Canada was in the centre of these conflicts ; had to contend with the us. The us: a newly formed republic that was becoming resentful of the british for their.
