SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: American Imperialism, Lower Canada, Manifest Destiny
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Lower canada has higher population: 1815: successive waves of irish, scottish and english immigrants arrive, 1851: anglo-phones outnumber franco-phones by a slim margin, anglo-phone community in quebec, settles mainly in eastern townships, colonies go in different directions. Lower canada is (in a sense) in the way of upper canada"s export-oriented economy. Activist in lower canada want more power to assembly. 1837: the rebellions: boycotts of english goods, violence increase, governor fires all french in the army, suspends assembly, rebels escape to usa, lord durham sent to investigate. Act of union(1841: upper and lower canada are rejoined with ottawa made the new national capital(on border between two, impetus is mainly economic. Residual powers accrue to the federal government: residual powers: powers not mentioned in the act. Tensions between ottawa and the provinces and between different regions continues and is intensified by bna. Tensions: trans-canada rr begins ca. 1980, world war i. Many quebecois resisted conscription: stock market crash of 1929.
