PERLS204 Lecture : April 4 - Nation Quebec and the Rocket.doc
1 May 2012
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April 4 nation, quebec, and the rocket. In 1839, lord durham said this in response to the quebec canada battle: 2 nations warring in the bosom of a single state . Fearful of assimilation, generations of quebecers have put forward their national heroes as the need arose: confederation, riel, the conscription crisis, education rights etc: 1960s: the idea of nation took on new meanings. Cultural life in the 60s and 70s: the 60s were a bit radical. Jfk was assassinated and there were vietnam protests: people who were draft dodgers were coming to canada, environmentalism stemmed from rachel carsons book, silent spring. In th 60s, quebec seemed to awake from a church controlled stupor. Its education system was revamped and they used their french language. Flq (front de liberation du quebec: was a canadian terrorist group, the bombing of the montreal stock exchange was the most fatal and the dynamite was stolen from government facilities.
