SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - North-West Rebellion, Western Alienation In Canada, Quebec Act
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British claimed sovereignty and not control or ownership of first nations. The quebec act 1774- british relised that the french culture was really important to preserve and created the quebec act to give french control over language and religion and protected. Constitution act 1791- loyalists (people who preferred the british crown and fled from the. Joined upper and lower canada: united province of canada, responsible government- with the joining of the upper and lower canada created a. Bna act 1867- western alienation (ontario centric: solidified the relationship between provinces and the federal government. Regionalism (strong attachment to a geological location) - western alienation. Louis riel and the m tis national committee from provisional of manitoba. Later led a rebellion in saskatchewan (north-west rebellion) Not a national policy, but an imperial policy. Resource extraction from the west subsidized the east" (windsor- quebec) Railways ran only east-west, not north- south because the purpose was to bring resources from the west to ontario.