POL214Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Rein, Westminster System, Canadian Identity
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From 2009, they started rein acting the battles of the plains of abraham. France evolved into a modern liberal state, but that did not happen in quebec since immigration from france was cut off. After 1759, quebec got their liberalism from britain, not from france. Even though quebec come into the british empire system, the catholic church still was the most powerful institution in the society. What counts is what happens to you when you get here, not just immigration. The american revolution and conquest are big formative events, they change people"s mentality and their view of politics. Another one was the war of 1812, when the americans willfully invaded ontario and tried to take over, after they kicked out all of the loyalists. It showed that we didn"t like americans and that we were different from them. It made it even harder for quebec to evolve into a modern liberal society.
