HISB40H3 Lecture : Lecture Notes October 03.docx
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Key terms: seigneurs, shelburne, constitutional act 1791, saint john, bay of quinte, privateers", Mennonite, peace, order and good government tory touch joe brandit, six nations of the. American revolution, their colonies were disrupted and it had an impact on them: origins of and canada"s response to, the revolution, tension between american colonies and britain was fuelling primarily over taxes, which americans though taxes were unfair. America became an independent colony thanks primarily to canada. It gave constitutional rights to french speaking catholics and the. Catholic church and these were the long term enemies of the americans. It also gave the ohio valley region back to quebec and restored quebec boundaries. This in turn continued to block america"s westward expansion. French canadians had fought bitterly against british forces in past years. So they can"t approach british with loyalty and affection. And since they didn"t know who would win, they figured it was better not to take sides.
