HIST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Lower Mainland, Haida Gwaii
16 Dec 2012
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Pacific northwest fur trade: 1820s collapse of sea otter resource, shift to interior, hbc trading posts, fraser valley, lower mainland. Coastal first nations: less european intervention in cultures. But: european diseases, decimated some communities, upset elaborate social relations. British response to usa expansion: pushed settlement, 1849, britain gave hbc 10-year lease to colonize vancouver island, governor james douglas of vancouver island, treaties with first nations, compensated only for developed lands, not for hunting, fishing areas, tensions. Crown colony: governor james douglas, prevent annexation to us, highways, connected settlements, build roads, public schools, developed new westminster and victoria. Aftermath of gold rush: sharp decline in population, ghost towns, european population mostly male, female emigration from britain, discourages intermarriage with aboriginal women (although james douglas was a mixed marriage, civilizing effect. Race relations: tensions re: land, settler encroachment, native resistance, treaties alienated ancestral lands from aboriginals, reserves with few amenities, demoralization of indigenous societies, wage laborers in new economy, cultural integration.
