POLS 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Report On The Affairs Of British North America, Charlottetown Conference, Canadian Identity
20 May 2016
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Metis= mix between french and first nations. British and french fought for control over canada. The final british conquest of acadia began in 1774. In the final seven years war between britain and france the british army captured quebec in the battle of the plains of abraham in 1759. By the treaty of paris in 1763 new france and acadia were ceded to britain. Royal proclamation of 1763 established british rule over the former french colonies and placed. Indians under the protection of the british crown. The royal proclamation is often viewed as establishing protection of aboriginal peoples rights however it was not often enforced by the colonial governments. An influx of immigrants came after the american revolutionaries were successful in gaining independence from britain. The constitutional act of 1791 divided quebec into two separate colonies: upper and lower. Canada (happened because english speakers in the colony of quebec wanted to be governed by.
