History 404 due population & settlement



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HISTORY 404
DUE ___________

POPULATION & SETTLEMENT

Study Guide # 3


Read the relevant pages in your textbook. Create detailed notes for all of the words in bold. Your goal is to make connections between the words and the related theme.
p.44

  1. Settlement of the Province of Quebec until 1815

a] 1763 - what was made official in this year? did this event affect the Canadien birth rate? the # of Aboriginals? the source of immigration?

b] 1775 - what event began in this year? what did it set in motion?

  1. Growth of the Canadien population - what happened to the Canadien population in the 50 years following the Conquest? how did this happen? what age, on average, did women marry? what about men?

p.45-47

  1. Stagnation of the Aboriginal population - did Aboriginals contribute to population growth in the 1st half of British rule? which types of refugees were attracted to Aboriginal villages in the Montreal region? did this migration last? where did the Algonquins and Inuit settle? how many of them? why didn’t their numbers grow?

  2. A migration flow of Anglophones - what happened to French immigration after the Conquest? name a group of French people that continued to arrive in the Province of Quebec - what kind of immigration did Great Britain hope to attract?

p.46-47

  1. 1763 - what did Governor Murray establish in this year? did it succeed in attracting British immigrants? what % of the province’s population were British in 1766?

  2. 1776 - from where did the most significant migration flow originate? what took place in 1763? what was signed in 1783? who came to Quebec at this time? how many of them sought refuge here? where did they settle? where did they come from? how many Americans settled in Lower Canada from 1791 to 1812?

  3. The expansion of occupied territory

a] a densely-populated valley: in which valley did the demographic push continue? were seigneuries still being granted after the Conquest? where did settlement progress? what happened to Aboriginal populations? where did 1/2 of all newcomers settle [urban or rural areas]? which 2 cities boasted populations of over 15000 people in the 1810s?

p.48

b] new land for Loyalists: what problem did the arrival of the Loyalists cause? what new system of land grants was introduced in 1791? where was this new land located? what are the characteristics of a township?

p.49-50

  1. Social tensions following the Conquest

a] Early tensions - who formed the majority? who formed the minority? name the constitution introduced in 1763? which laws did it hope to establish? which religion? which element of government did it hope to introduce? was this constitution well received by the Canadiens? why/why not? define the Test Act - name the two camps that were created as a result of the tension in the small British community - who did each side support?

b] Loyalty to the British Empire - what was enacted in 1774? what did it grant the Francophone Catholic majority? what were the British authorities trying to ensure? did the wealthy British merchants support this? when the Thirteen Colonies invaded Quebec in 1775, how did the i] British merchant elite react? habitants/Canadien volunteers? prominent Canadiens? clergy? most Canadiens?

c] Divide to better coexist? - why were the Loyalists who settled in Quebec unhappy? what did they demand? which constitution was passed in 1791 to satisfy these demands? what did it do to the Province of Quebec? who lived in Upper-Canada? in Lower Canada? what did each colony receive? did this new constitution resolve the tension?

p.51-53

  1. Growth of an increasingly diversified population

a] 1815 - what is significant about this year?

b] Natural growth - what happened to Quebec’s population between 1814 and 1861? how? what was the average # of children per Catholic family? why did the population of Aboriginal peoples continue to decline in the 1850s?

b] The diversification of settlement - where were the majority of immigrants coming from as of 1812? how did shipowners transporting lumber capitalize on their return crossings to the St. Lawrence Valley? what was Grosse-Ile? what struck Ireland in the 1840s? how many Irish immigrants arrived as a result? where did most of these immigrants settle? how did this improve the % of Anglophones in the colony?

p.53-56

  1. A cramped territory

a] overpopulated rural areas - what happened to the rural areas of the St. Lawrence Valley? what happened to agriculture in Lower Canada in 1830?

b] emigration to the United States - what was a consequence of overpopulation at the end of the 1830s? how was mobility made easier? where did people migrate to? how many French Canadiens emigrated to the United States between 1840 and 1860?

c] the colonization of new regions - name some regions that were open for colonization at this time

d] urbanization - what happened betwen 1831 and 1866? why were people attracted to urban areas?

p.57-58

  1. The organization of society under British rule

a] the persistence of tensions between cultural groups - what did intercultural tensions lead to in 1837-1838? what did the Durham report recommend? what happened to the two Canadas in 1840?

b] an influential business class - how did the change of mother country and immigration transform the social hierarchy of Lower Canada? who dominated society?

c] a new liberal bourgeoisie - who was this group composed of? whose interests did they defend?

d] habitants and workers - what new social class emerged toward the end of the 18th century? which cultural group constituted the largest group of workers from the Anglophone minority?

p.59-60

  1. Aboriginal peoples and colonial expansion - how did colonization and logging affect them? how did the colonial administration view the Aboriginal population? what did they hope to do the Aboriginals?

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