POLS 3125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Navigation Acts, French Revolution, Quebec Act
18 Jan 2018
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Samuel de champlain turned trading post into settlements. 1663 region to a colony of france. Largely a futile society ancient regimes of the mother country of france. Political + military power in the hand of the french governor. Moral authority roman catholic church seigneurial system. Based on semi-futile system grants a piece of land to a family under royalty by seigneur: seigneur economic power gifted lands to lease out to peasants to work on. Time = french revolution new france not changing seigneurial system = lasting. 1774 change of policy = the quebec act. Expands quebec (give land west to americans) not true. Retain civil law (private) but criminal code was british + seigneurial system survived (allies) Still an issue in quebec (relationship between canada + quebec) Quebec views not only as a separate province but a separate nation. Compact : deals between two nations english canada and the french canada. Quebec held back = seigneurial system + catholic church.
