HIS263Y1 Lecture : Lecture
Document Summary
The american revolutionary war one understands the conflict as america"s first civil war resulted in the exodus of the loyalists. The revolutionary war ends in 1783 (fighting ends in 1781) it was unclear weather the new american republic or the british empire would be the dominant power. The war of 1812 is the conclusion of this conflict. A new british colony: upper canada is formed. The french canadian (french speaking and roman catholic the opposite of the loyalists) The british want to address their concerns so they establish the constitutional act in 1791 two characteristics: chops quebec into two and creates two new colonies lower canada (east) and upper canada (west) The dividing live is the ottawa r iver. They do this in response to the arrival of the loyalists. The area is economically under developed and has a small population.
