Sociology 2151A/B Final: Final Exam.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2151A/B
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

*refer back to gordon childe"s characteristics that differentiate the first ities form their predecessors first nations in canada. Almost none of the first nation tribes in canada met the majority of the childe standards. After the arrivals of the europeans is when cities in canada began. Evolution of cnadaian cities(p. mcgahan: colonial towns (1600-1750, commercial centres (1760-1850, commercial industrial cities (1860-1900, metropolitan communities( post 1900) 1600s urbanits-immigrants who came from urbanized cities in europe city dwellers early years- explorers, religious converters , no farmers, more to conquer. Transportation routes - water ways the great lakes (sed by europeans and aboriginal population) 1600-1750 early sittlements forts, small populations(100s of people), conquest and control , to extract wealth and ship it back to europe(the mother land) Towns isolated, communications were with the mother land(england, france) , export ports furs etc. Overtime the population grew 2000- in 100 years. No one who lived outside the walls wasn"t safe.