HIS263Y1 Lecture 18: Lecture 18-November 17.docx
Document Summary
Society and economy in british north american at mid-century. 1850 s-1860 s: small worlds and major revolutions, technological innovations-railroads-watercrafts. A whole economy built around these different centres. Moving of goods between point a and b. Increased economic connections between urban and rural areas. Telegraph lines-were easier to put down-because areas were cleared for railroad. Newfoundland was connected to the rest of bna by 1855. *paul royder-a contract between stock market between toronto and paris. Publicain of karl marx-suggesting that the working class should overthrow factory owners. As the economic wealth and dispartity it growing there are revolutionary ideas. *calls of domesticity-sweeping across the empire-call to the family-interest in the family-guidelines of moral regulations: britinsih north america: small works in the british empire. Bna 2. 5 million people living in the eastern part of north america. Only there only 25,000 people are first nations. There was a split between recent immigrants and those who has been born in the colony.
