HIS102Y1 Lecture : Summer
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Lecture 3: birth of a dominion: canada and the world. 1783: the date of the conclusion of the american war. Imp: the british government conceded on the independence of the united states (officially) finalized and reshaped the boundaries of north america. the british were initially the colony of quebec, newfoundland and nova scotia. massive defeat: probably the greatest defeat the british empire faced. they were not welcome in the united states anymore. ~50 000 immigrants came to british north america. the bulk of them went to the maritimes. a significant minority arrived at western quebec. shortly thereafter they began to ask the british government for a colony of their own. the british had to make the decision to allow integration or split the people to live in separate colonies. formally divided the british colony of quebec into two parts.
