Exam Notes

Origins to 1608 3 Linguistic Groups & their characteristics (location, way of life, subsistence activity, social organization..) First contact Alliances amongst natives Reasons for trade Consequences (disease, war…)

1608 -1760 Fur trade (monopoly, mercantilism, company of 100 Associates, L’habitation, territorial expansion, trade) Alliances with natives & consequences (Iroquois wars, disease…) Role of the Church Seigneurial System Population Issues & Jean Talon’s settlement policy

1760-1791 British Military Regime 3.2 Royal Proclamation – 1763 3.3 Quebec Act – 1774 3.4 American Revolution 1775- 1783 3.5 Transformation of colonial society

1791 - 1840 Constitutional Act; Parliamentary System Society Assembly is created, people can vote Society Overpopulation of seigneuries/insufficient wheat immigration from British Isles diseases & quarantine Economy of Lower Canada & Upper Canada timber becomes the main export preferential tariffs Napolean’s blockade bank created, transportation infrastructure improved Rebellions of 1837 &1838 Causes of the rebellions Rebellions & results Durhams report