Part A: ) Historical Perspective
1) How do you see the study of Canadian history being of benefit to your life and to your career goals?
Answer: If we study anything with interest then it has several advantages to us. Studying about Canadian history has various benefits to me personally . Although I can enhance my knowledge and can learn many valuable things. As I am fascinated by history consequently, it will clear my points and will be useful for me in my vocation objectives. Also, I can get chance to take in more learning ever; I would take my major in history for my future study in college.
Part B: ) Oral History
1) What is “oral history? Why do you think oral history is useful for historians who want to learn about groups such as First
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Nations, women, immigrants and uneducated or illiterate people? Answer: Oral history is the collection and study of historical data, including tape recordings of interviews, with folks having personal data of past events. By recording peoples’ immigration stories through oral history interviews, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier twenty-one contribute necessary documentation on the human aspect of immigration and makes it attainable to share these stories with the larger public. Oral history is important for historians because at that time there was very little written document about them. First nations people tell their stories to other folks, women at that time have not much rights. Immigrants and Uneducated people don’t know the English language. 2) What are some of the other strategies, techniques, disciplines, or methodologies that historians can utilize to study Aboriginal history – even when there are no written historical documents? Answer : Archaeology is the study of human action through the recovery and analysis of fabric culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, ecofacts, and cultural landscape and a branch of the humanities. From their studies, Archaeologists attempt to remake past lifestyles. Prehistoric studies is a vital field of humanities, which is the wide investigation of human society and science. Archaeologist focus their studies on past social orders and changes in those social orders over amazingly drawn out stretches of time. Historians can interview them, they can go to their communities and ask question about their ancestors and lifestyle and culture, can look at pictures, belongings, ornaments which can give us vast knowledge about their lifestyle, tribes and communities. Archaeologist use these material in the labs and tried to find out the more information . Part C. The Political and Industrial Geography of Canada 1) What are the 10 provinces of Canada and when did they each of them join Confederation ? Answer: Province or Territory Joined Confederation Alberta 1905 British Columbia 1871 Manitoba 1870 New Brunswick 1867 Newfoundland 1949 Northwest Territories 1870 Nova Scotia 1867 Nunavut 1999 Ontario 1867 Prince Edward Island 1873 Quebec 1867 Saskatchewan 1905 Yukon 1898 2)What are Nunavut ,the Northwest Territories and the Yukon ? What are some special characteristics all three have in common, ex. Climate, vast spaces, etc? Answer: Nunavut, immense region of northern Canada that extends crosswise over the greater part of the Canadian Arctic. Made in 1999 out of the eastern segment of the Northwest Territories. The Northwest Territories lie northwest of focal Canada, lie toward the east by Nunavut, toward the west by the Yukon and toward the south by the northeastern corner of British Columbia. The Yukon lie in the northwestern corner of Canada and disconnected by tough mountains. Also, it is permanently connected with the colossal Klondike Gold Rush. The special characteristics that are common in all three are employment, weather and local labour market conditions. 3) What are five Historically significant industries in British Columbia? Answer: 4) Name Five cities in British Columbia? Answer:1) Vancouver 2) Surrey 3) Richmond 4) Langley 5) Abbotsford. 5) Name the three most important “gold rushes” that affected British Columbia and the Yukon. Answer:Thompson, cariboo and Klondike gold rushes. Part (D.) Native History 1)What are “Native Land Claims ?” Answer:Two of the most essential issues in Alaska today are the Native area claims and the subsequent "area solidify" forced by the Secretary of the Interior. The subject of area relation obviously affects the financial development of the state. Since the majority of the common assets in Alaska have yet to be produced, the choice concerning who has title may influence the general pace . 2) What was the “Residential School System”? Answer: Two essential goals of the private educational system were to expel and disconnect kids from the impact of their homes, families, conventions and societies, and to adapt them into the predominant society. These targets depended on the presumption Aboriginal societies .Private schools deliberately undermined Aboriginal society crosswise over Canada and upset families for eras, separating the ties through which Aboriginal society is taught and maintained, and adding to a general loss of dialect and society. 3) Name and briefly discuss one First Nations tribe from British Columbia. Answer:Adams Lake Indian Band .The Adams Lake Indian Band (ALIB) has a place with the Secwepemc Nation. Generally there were upwards of 35 Secwepemc Communities, yet today there are 17 groups or Bands perceived inside the Secwepemc Territory. 4) Name and briefly discuss one First Nations tribe from outside of British Columbia. Answer: Part (E.) European, American and Asian Influences on Canadian History 1) Name the major technological invention (developed in 1781 by James Watt) that launched the “Industrial Revolution”? What technologies or industries then applied, or used, this new form of power to influence the early industrial development of Canada. Answer: In1781 with his purported sun-and-planet gear, by method for which a pole delivered two upsets for every cycle of the motor with piston movement converted to rotary movement,developed the steam engine.In 1782, at the tallness of his creative forces, he licensed the twofold acting motor, in which the cylinder pushed and also pulled. Paper mills, flour mills, cotton mills, iron mills, distilleries, canals, and waterworks industries used this technique. 2) What was the American concept of “Manifest Destiny” Why/How did it affect Canada? Answer: Manifest Destiny is a term for the mentality predominant and the nineteenth century time of American development that the United States could, as well as was bound to, stretch across the nation. This nature energized western settlement, Native American withdrawal war with Mexico. The expression was initially utilized by John L. O'Sullivan in an article on the addition of Texas distributed in the July-August 1845 version of the United States Magazine and Democratic Review, which he altered. In 1867, the Dominion of Canada was made. The areas of the Dominion of Canada were Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Toward the south is the U.S.A who needed to control the whole North American mainland. They called that the Manifest Destiny. 1870-1871 In 1870, Manitoba joined Canada and in 1871, British Columbia joins Canada. They join since Canada is worried that the U.S.A. will attack the North West Territories. They joined Canada since they would not like to be attacked by the U.S.A., who was taking after their Manifest fate. 3)What fears did the “French-speaking” population of Canada (mainly in Quebec) have about joining Canadian Confederation?
Answer:At the point when the Canadian Confederation was built up in 1867, provisions were made for the making of a common government in Québec, the main area with a greater part French-talking population. This unmarkable character has applied a significant impact on all features of Québec's history and keeps on powering discuss about the region's future.
The Catholic religion, as well, has been a character marker for generally as long a period, applying an unequivocally preservationist impact on the area. Québec society has needed to adjust to the real patterns and changes in the Western world (industrialization, urbanization and advancement). Québec's francophones have lived next to each other with their English-talking partners — once in a while in harmony, in some cases in an environment of pressure — and have additionally joined commitments from different nations and societies into their general public. The Quiet Revolution of the 1960s denoted a tipping point: another patriotism rose, religion declined, and plans to modernize the region were propelled. This article displays the primary patterns and occasions that have denoted the historical backdrop of Québec since
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1867. 4) What was the “Chinese Head Tax”? Answer:Chinese movement to Canada started around 1858 in light of the gold rush in British Columbia. At the point when the Canadian Pacific Railway was built somewhere around 1881 and 1885, be that as it may, Chinese were gotten from China to fabricate the railroad. Somewhere around 1881 and 1884, more than 15,000 Chinese came to Canada. Around 6,500 of these were utilized specifically by the CPR. When the CPR was finished, the Federal Government moved to confine the migration of Chinese to Canada. The primary government hostile to Chinese bill was gone in 1885. It took the type of a Head duty of $50 forced, with couple of special cases, upon each individual of Chinese starting point entering the nation. 5) What were early explorers searching for when they tried to sail through the “Northwest Passage”, in the Arctic Ocean region of Canada? Answer: Part (F.) Study Techniques and Learning Strategies 1) Write a summary of the section in Chapter 2: “British Columbia”, pages 30-32 in your textbook (6th edition). Answer:British Columbia is comprised of four physical locations: a mountain framework along its west drift that incorporates the Coast Mountain Range and the Insular Mountains that shape Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii (some time ago the Queen Charlotte Islands); a mountain framework toward the east that incorporates the Rocky and Columbia Mountain Ranges. BC is bound through with lakes, swamps, waterways and streams that bolster untamed life in plenitude. It has an exceedingly commended arrangement of parks, made to secure its different biological communities for preservation, outside diversion, instruction and investigative study. 14% of BC's property base is secured. 2)Write a summary of the section in chapter 4: “ Francophone Nationalism”. Answer:The ideas of "country" and "patriotism" have since quite a while ago pulled in light of a legitimate concern for scholarly people and molded the advancement of political thought in Québec.
The meaning of "country" and the political connection that edges it have taken various structures following the British victory of 1760. At to begin with, the idea was connected with the survival of French Canadians in Canada — a perspective that won until the Quiet Revolution in the 1960s. By then, erudite people had started to build up a truly Québécois patriotism, one identified with Québec's political liberation. All the more as of late, creators have opposed ethnocentric understandings of patriotism in Québec by displaying a community based model that is comprehensive, intercultural and concentrated on domain. This perspective is contradicted by one that focuses on recorded, legacy construct patriotism in light of which the alternative of a republican political administration for Québec is
fabricated. 3) Name and describe 10 “Universal Themes”? Answer: 1) Food: Food is used by everyone including humnas and animals for survival. 2) Shelter: Every Living thing need a Shelter to live . 3) Communication: A language and a communication method is needed to exchange our ideas and thoughts to each other. 4) Clothing: Clothes are needed to protect our skin from outside weather. 5) Culture: Culture is a lifestyle of a gathering of individuals - the practices, convictions and qualities. 6) Religion: Religion is a social arrangement of practices. 7) Trade: Trade means exchange of goods and other services from one person to the other. 8) Transportation:Transfer of any materials or other substances from one place to other. 9) Love: It is a collection of vast number of personal feelings. 10) Health: It is the level of practical or metabolic effectiveness of a living being.
...ons. First, the oral history sources are well integrated with the existing literature. Next, by covering relatively long period of time, the reader gets a good sense of the dynamics of change.
In conclusion Canada gained independence because of a series of events that took place during the twentieth century. If it hadn’t been for these events, Canada to this day might have been a part of the British Empire. Through discussion on the Chanak affair we signalled that we wanted autonomy. Through our hard work and lives, the world knew we had the ability to stand alone as a strong nation. While, our international reputation of being a “peacekeeping” country the right to stand as an independent self-governing nation. But finally through the Canada Act, we stood solely independent from our Empire. It is obvious that the twentieth century provided us with great chances to become an independent strong nation.
“inquire into and report upon the existing state of bilingualism and biculturalism in Canada and to recommend what steps should be taken to develop the Canadian Confederation on the basis of equal partnership between the two founding races, taking into account the contribution made by the other ethnic groups to the c...
Canada: The Quiet Revolution in Quebec The English-French relations have not always been easy. Each is always arguing and accusing the other of wrong doings. All this hatred and differences started in the past, and this Quiet revolution, right after a new Liberal government led by Jean Lesage came in 1960. Thus was the beginning of the Quiet Revolution.
Quebec has struggled with a need to be maitres chez nous “masters of their own house” (Young, 1998). Many attempts at resolving Quebec's issues has resulted in tensions from both sides. Because Quebec has a strong national identity, and do not define themselves as strictly Canadian, Quebec is seen as difficult, unyielding and discontented. Quebec's separation perhaps is inedible and the future of Canada questionable. Canada without Quebec will bring about many complications and whether there is a rest of Canada (ROC) after Quebec a major challenge. Western alienation and the lack of representation in federal affairs will be a factor; moreover, past actions and historical events may have turned Canada into a time bomb, and the deterioration of the provinces the only sulotion. How First Ministers react to Quebec's sovereignty regarding economic factors, political structure, and constitutional issues will be of great importance. Whether emotional issues will play a major role in decision making is subjective; however, it is fair to say that it will be an emotionally charged event and it could either tear apart the ROC or fuse it together. Placing emphasis on investigating what keeps Canada together is perhaps the key to Canada's future, and salvaging a relationship with Quebec.
The Confederation act of 1867 without question has had a major influence on the status of contemporary Canada. It has helped shape Canada into one of the worlds most politically and economically powerful countries; a country that is strong, independent, and united. There was a series of events which led to the confederation of Canada, some which are more significant than others. However, I believe that despite the significance of events such as the British encouragement of uniting its North American colonies, the central and key reason for confederation was the fear of potential American (Yankee) inhabitance (whether by persuasion or invasion) of the divided and vast British North American colonies, and the way that the “Fathers of Confederation” were able to take advantage of this situation and persuade reluctant colonies to join Confederation. A strong and united nation could not be easily invaded or bought. These essential factors will be discussed in the paragraphs to come.
Thompson, John Herd, and Mark Paul Richard. "Canadian History in North American Context." In Canadian studies in the new millennium. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008. 37-64.
Throughout the early 1980’s Canadian society began being troubled by its relationship with Quebec, it seemed more isolated than ever. After being promised a deal following the separation referendum and not seeing any development, it appeared they were more bitter and angry than ever before. They could not be forced to sign the Constitution Act of 1982, therefore, there was much pressure for the federal government to come up with a quick solution to either lose Quebec or finally win them over. Brian Mulroney was elected in 1984 and made it his personal goal to unite Quebec with the rest of Canada. Mulroney planned on completing this task by opening up the constitution and meeting various requests Quebec had, along with repairing other flaws that seemed to be dragging the country down.
The root causes of Quebec Separatism go back almost a thousand years! This is because a large cause for Quebec Separatism is the conflict between the French and the English people. These conflicts go back to when France and England first became countries, and ever since then it seems the two countries have been at constant war with one another (Henley, 2011). This constant fighting spawns a built in belief of hatred for one another (Henley, 2011), which would make it hard for the two to live in the same country as they try to do in Canada. But out of all the wars the French and English fought, the most influencing for Quebecois and all of Canada was the sever year war taking place between 1756 and 1763 (Upper Canada History, 2011). The special thing about this war was that part of it was over the influence of the territory to be later Canada (Upper Canada histor...
The question of whether Quebec will secede from Canada to become an independent nation has been a hot topic in the country for several years now. It dates back to the abortive rebellions of 1837-38. In 1980, a referendum to secede was rejected by a 60-40 margin. Since then though, the numbers of Quebeckers that want to become sovereign has significantly increased. There is so many questions of what will happen if this does happen. In this paper I plan to take a deeper look at this situation and try to figure out what it would actually be like if Quebec was its own country.
government, t. p. (n.d.). Quebec Nationalism - Quebec History. Faculty.marianopolis.edu. Retrieved May 27, 2012, from http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/events/natpart4.htm
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. “ Culture of Quebec.” Online at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Quebec , consulted on February 9, 2004.
Religion was extremely important to the colony of New France, the majority of the people were Roman Catholic. They attended church weekly and held many important events in the church. The Church also made several important decisions and was in charge of things, such as education. The Jesuits were a group of males of the Roman Catholic Church, who were sent from France to spread the Roman Catholic religion to the Natives and establish schools for boys. The Ursuline Nuns were a group of religious females of the Roman Catholic Church. Their main goal was to provide education to girls in New France, and care for the sick and needy. On the other hand. Canada is a very multicultural country, meaning it would also be multi-religious. There are various religions that the people of Canada practice, such as Catholic, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, British, etc. Many people also have no religious affiliation at all. Both Canada and New France consist of mainly Catholics and Christians, and they have education available to both girls and boys. But Canada has numerous religions, while New France only had a couple. As Well, the Church is not as important in Canada as it was in
Similar to many aspects of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec, the contempt towards the Roman Catholic Church was not a revolution that was sparked with the election of Jean Lesage in 1960 but more of an evolution. The election of Lesage did formally put into place secularization, however the church had been losing its power and prestige in the eyes of Quebec society during the Second World War. The church does remain as a common identifier in Quebec soicety during the Quiet Revolution and onwards, however, the role and expectations of what that means has differed significantly since early in the 20th century.
On Monday, October 30th, 1995, citizens of Canada’s largest province gathered to settle an issue which had been plaguing Canada for many years. The province of Quebec, the only French majority province in Canada, held a referendum, which is a public vote on any matter, concerning the issue of sovereignty. This issue has been a recurring theme over the years, since Réné Lévesque initiated the Parti Quebecois (PQ) in 1968. The Parti Quebecois is the backbone of the Quebec separatist movement, it is the most prominent political party in Quebec which reveals the imminent possibility of a Canada without Quebec. In spite of the power of numbers which is supposedly working in Quebec’s favour regarding separation, Quebec’s desire to separate from Canada is simply a show of bravado without substance. Quebec cannot feasibly separate from Canada because the basis of the proposed separation through the referendum, is very ambiguous, furthermore, Quebec is not economically self-sufficient and ultimately, the presence of the large amount of ‘Non’ voters further prevents this fantastical notion of separation from becoming a reality.