HREQ 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: New France, Natural And Legal Rights, Anti-Imperialism

• School: York University
• Department: Human Rights and Equity Studies
• Course: HREQ 2010
• Professor: Paul Brienza

Document Summary

The advantages of the british colonies: the french versus the english: at the same time as the british settlements in north america were created, the. French sought to create a french north america. They were centered in two main sites: acadia and quebec. 2: yet the french colonies did not grow as quickly and as effectively as the british colonies. The french had to deal with a harsher climate and more difficult growing season. The fre(cid:374)(cid:272)h (cid:449)ere (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374)ed to (cid:373)ake sure that (cid:858)la nou(cid:448)elle fra(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:859) (cid:449)as. This meant that many french religious dissidents, looking to escape oppression in france, could not voyage to america like the british settlers. The first two problems meant that the french had a slower colonization process with a much smaller and less productive population. At the time of the revolutionary war, the population of canada was a tenth of the american population.