LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Master Craftsman, Oliver Mowat, Industrial Revolution
16 Sep 2013
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Early 1800s: united states, northern france, parts of germany. Confederation 1867: ontario, quebec, maritimes. Main goal: confederation will spur development: territory: settlement in the west, economics: industry and commerce were not developing as fast as. British leaders and canadian colonial leaders wanted: bringing all colonies together may spur this along. Federal politics: era of conservative dominance: sir john a. macdonald, prime minister. Ontario politics: liberals dominate: oliver mowat, ontario premier 1872-96. Disappointment: settlement was slow, climate and cultivation problems, riel rebellion, economy did not grow at the rate people wanted it to. World economy: depressions, the long depression (1873-1896, expected economy to start in 70s but then there was depression. Generally four factors drive innovation: communication, transportation, technology, technique. 1st industrial revolution: transportation and technique are the biggest in. Breaks bond of human movements and information movement. Key in communicating information: news, business: prices, demand, supply, etc. Allows for the spread of information to happen in a much faster way.
