ANNEXATION MOVEMENT

– CANADIENS OPPOSED OVERFEARS ABOUT AMERICANTREATMENT OF THEIR WAY OF LIFE

ANNEXATION COMES IN BY THE RAIL, WHILE LIBERTY FLIES OFF IN THE SMOKE

• END OF MERCANTILISM LEAVES MERCHANTS BELIEVING THERE IS NO ADVANTAGE TO BEING PART OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

• AMONG MERCHANTS OF CANADA EAST GROWING SUPPORT FOR ANNEXATION OVER SUMMER OF 1849 LEADS TO 325 SIGNATURES IN OCTOBER ON PUBLISHED CALL TO JOIN UNITED STATES– NUMBER GROWS TO OVER 1000

BUT THERE IS NO WIDESPREAD SUPPORT

ANNEXATION MOVEMENT

• PAPINEAU, PARDONED IN 1845 RETURNS FROM EXILE AND SUPPORTS ANNEXATION– GIVES EXAMPLE OF LOUISIANA FOR

PRESERVATION OF FRENCH CULTURE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES – OBTAINS 600 SIGNATURES IN QUEBEC CITY

• ANNEXATION MOVEMENT IS SHORT LIVED AMONG MERCHANTS AS THEY SOON DECIDE TO SEEK RECIPROCITY (FREE TRADE) WITH THE UNITED STATES