POLI 204 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Quebec Act, Lower Canada, Upper Canada Rebellion

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Political Sc
• Course: POLI 204
• Professor: Harold Chorney

Document Summary

First settled 10,000 years ago by the ancestors of contemporary. First nations (native americans): crossed from asia. European settlement began in the 17 th century: french colonies. New france along the st. lawrence river. Acadia in the (now) maritime provinces: british colonies. Small colonies in newfoundland: relations between aboriginal and europeans were cordial, france vs. britain. Treaty of utrecht (1713): france ceded control of mainland nova scotia, newfoundland, and lands surrounding hudson bay to great britain. Conflicts persisted in acadia, and in 1774, several thousand french acadians were expelled. British army captured quebec city, the capital of new france, in the battle of the plains of. Treaty of paris (1763): new france and acadia ceded to britain. After british conquest: fate of the indians". Royal proclamation of 1763 established british rule over the former french colonies and placed indians" under the protection of the british crown.