HISC45H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chelsea Pensioner, Industrial Revolution, Making Money
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The great migration: british immigration to canada (british north america; 1867 canada) in the long nineteenth-century; post 1815 to 1870s, and to world war i (1914) Empty cargo steerage, cholera, quarantine at grosse ile. Began after 1815 - early 20th century: refers to exodus of peoples from the british isles/united kingdom (england, Ontario was popular because it was a relatively new colony, land was cheap and free until later in the 19th century. The population grew about 400% as a result. Migration is not just a random movement; it is a rational choice, and people leave because there is a sense of worsening opportunities at home and the hope for better opportunities somewhere else. The do(cid:373)i(cid:374)a(cid:374)t patter(cid:374) is (cid:862)volunteer/unassisted immigration(cid:863) = people payi(cid:374)g their (cid:449)ay to a new land: family migration, chain migration, privileged middle-class immigrants. A minority of the immigrants: majority of immigrants steerage.
