HIST 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Navvy
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Reason: to seek economic prosperity and to escape their poor lives in japan. Area settled: pacific coast of british columbia, b. c. Native feelings: the government placed a quota on japanese immigration; no more than 450 people of japanese origin could enter canada each year. Reason: to work on the british columbia section of the canadian pacific railway and to escape the crushing levels of poverty in china. Occupation: worked on mostly construction jobs that were dangerous such as carrying heavy rocks or planting unstable explosives. Native feelings: natives believed they were susceptible to diseases, dishonest and immoral, and simply weren"t suited to living in the harsh climate of canada. Reason: fleeing religious persecution, and attracted to the large tracts of homesteading lands available. Native feelings: mennonites already living in north america rose over ,000 for the trips of incoming mennonites. Jacob shanty scouted the land, negotiated with the canadian government, and stirred up support from mennonites in his area.
