HIS 3107 Lecture Notes - Le Canadien, Joseph Papineau, Quebec Act
2 Dec 2013
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By the 1780s, it had become obvious to most canadiens that the conquest would be permanent. The turmoil of the american revolutions lead many people to conclude that the colonial bond to britain would be broken. 1770s people think that it is possible that france would come back. In 1783 with the treaty of paris, that ends the american war of independence, british take control of north. America, some politicians were willing to let quebec go but others wanted to keep it for economic reasons (fishery, fur trade) to prevent young america from becoming too powerful of a state. It is with this treaty that it is seen that the conquest is permanent. The sense that a distinct people, the canadiens, had emerged in the st. lawrence valley predates the conquest. Around 1700 the children of the people reach adulthood and then a real canadian culture was born.
