british north america (c. 1825). population changes to the canadas 1. american revolution 1775-1783...
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Constitutional Act (1791) Creates two unique colonies and ways of life: 1.Upper Canada Up the St. Lawrence Loyalist English Anglican 2.Lower Canada Down the St. Lawrence Canadiens French Roman CatholicTRANSCRIPT
British North America (c. 1825)
Population Changes to the Canadas
1. American Revolution – 1775-1783• Loyalists – people who did not want independence from Britain – wanted to remain British citizens = Loyal to Britain/British/English values
United Empire Loyalists
2. 1st phase of large-scale immigration 1791-1812• “Late Loyalists”
• Some “true Loyalists”• Some opportunists – came for cheap land on good locations• Upper Canada’s population rose from 14 000 (1791) to 90 000 (1812)
Constitutional Act (1791)Creates two unique colonies and ways of
life:
1. Upper Canada• Up the St. Lawrence• Loyalist• English• Anglican
2. Lower Canada• Down the St. Lawrence• Canadiens• French• Roman Catholic
War of 1812
1812-1815
USA declared war against Britain and attacked Upper & Lower Canada (British colony)
As a colony of Great Britain, Canada was swept up in the War of 1812 and was invaded a number of times by the Americans.
Britain won (Canada?)Had the United States been successful in their war against Britain and her colonies in ‘British North America, it is likely that Canada would not have evolved as a separate country.
The Great Migration (1815-1850)3. 2nd Large Scale wave of Immigrants (1815 – 1850)• From British Isles – people displaced by Industrial
Revolution• Population doubles in Up. & Lw. Canada• Newcomers bring new ideas:
• republican – USA• reform – UKSome tensions between Scots
(tenant farmers) and English (land-owners) from the ol’ countryKEY: People came to Canada for a new start – usually when people move, they’re looking for something different than what they left behind – not everyone wanted to duplicate the system in UK that had caused them to move
Atlantic Slave Trade
Triangular Trade (1440-1835)
Stage 1: • Export of goods from Europe to Africa.• For each captive, the African rulers would receive a goods from Europe.
Including: guns, ammunition
Stage 2: • Export enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas and the Caribbean Islands.
Stage 3: • Return of goods to Europe from the Americas. The goods were the products of slave-labour plantations and included cotton, sugar, tobacco, molasses and rum.
Atlantic Slave Trade