HIS312H1 Lecture : his312h1 - september 27th
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Lecture 3 - migration from the british isles to 1865. Immigration to bna, 1800-1815: people came to bna from 1800-1860s. Lower canada (french speaking minority) y upper canada (broke area) y y aboriginal people still occupied areas, but in matter of settlements, their numbers declined y bna made up of several colonies (now our provinces) y y. Subsequent phase = immigration levels were higher: a period of war: y napoleonic wars, 1793-1815. In europe y occupied france and britain y war of 1812 (1812-14) parts of canada were war grounds (upper canada) y migration stopped from britain and us y. dangerous of the transatlantic travel(some were willing to risk crossing through) y opposite effect on those of nfl (exception to low level migration) Some lived in nfl b/c it was safer y y growth in this area of population.
