People and Paradigms Unit Outline (Student)

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In the Beginning «

History 30 ± Canadian Studies

Mr. Letkeman¶s Class



In the Beginning «

1. Introduction to the Course and Unit

2. True North, Strong, and Free: Contemporary Canadian Geography

3. Pre-Contact: The First Nations of Canada

4. We Have Contact! The French Arrive in North America

5. Canada Ripe For the Pickings: The Canadian Fur Trade

6. The Seven Years War: The French Are Out, the English Are In

7. The American Revolution: Americans and British Have A Throw Down

8. Canada: The Land of Loyal Refugees

9. The War of 1812: Canada and the Americans Have A Throw Down

10. Strangers In a Strange Land: The Canadian French Uprisings

11. The Act of Union of 1840: Keepin¶ An Eye on the French

12. Responsible Government: Canada Looking Out For Canada

Unit Evaluation

1. Canadian Geography Assignment = 10%

2. Collaboration or Exploitation? Position Paper on the Contact Period = 25%

3. Compare and Contrast of the Royal Proclamation &the Quebec Act = 20%

4. Mid Unit Test = 20%

5. Unit Test = 25%



In the Beginning Vocabulary

Accommodation ± Changing or adapting the way something has always been done inorder to facilitate a relationship with another (and) different culture.

Act of Union of 1840 ±

After the receiving the recommendations of the Durham Report,the British decided to unite Upper and Lower Canada into one unit: Canada.

American Revolution ± The American colonies fought a war with the British in order to break away from the Crown and become their own republic.

Amerindian ± A term from the Contact period referring to a First Nations person living

in one of the Americas.

Anglophone ± An English speaker.

Assimilation ±

When a dominant culture seeks to force another less-dominant culture tochange into the dominant one.

Bicultural ± A political region that contains and officially recognizes two distinctcultures.

Bilingual - A political region that contains and officially recognizes two distinct

languages.

Colony ± When a region has been colonized by a dominant power (like the Europeans), asettlement is usually set up and population with the citizens of that dominant country.

This settlement is a colony.

Constitutional Act of 1791 ± A British Act creating the regions of Upper Canada andLower Canada

Contact ± Refers to the period of time when the English, French, and Spanish explorers

began coming to North America. The first contact was in 1492 when Christopher Columbus landed in the West Indies (Caribbean). John Cabot landed in Newfoundland in

1497. This is the beginning of Contact in Canada.

Conversion ± To change from one system of belief or religion to another. This is often

the result of missionary activity.

Durham Report ± John George Lambton, Earl of Durham, was sent by the British

Crown to Canada to observe and report on the state of the two Canadas: Upper andLower. He was sent after the French Uprising. His report recommended uniting the two

Canadas in order to keep a better eye on the French in Lower Canada.



First Nation ± A term used to describe Canadian aboriginals. It is a term that recognizesthat in the pre-Contact era, First Nations people had a distinct and sovereign society

(government, art, language, kinship, religion, economics, recreation, etc). Upon arrival(Contact) and onward, many Europeans did not necessarily recognize this fact. The term

First Nations is an attempt to correct this failure to recognize the aboriginal peoples as

real nations.

Francophone ± A French speaker.

Heartland ± The important part of a country or empire. It is typically the central and

most populated part.

Hinterland ± A remote and undeveloped region often rich in resources.

Imperialism ± When European nations, inspired by mercantilism, began colonizing thevarious regions and peoples of the world for resources and wealth.

Lower Canada - Created in the Constitutional Act of 1791. It was the region of southern

Quebec and Labrador.

Loyalist ± A British American who did not want to separate from the British Crown.Many of these Americans fled to British Canada for refuge.

Mercantilism ± The economic theory that drove European nations to competitive

imperialism. It had two main ideas: (1) A nation¶s prosperity is judged by its gold andsilver, not its standard of living, and (2) The world had a limited supply of wealth, so a

nation can only grow wealthier at another nation¶s expense.

New France ± The large portion of North America controlled by the French prior tolosing the Seven Years War to Britain.

Patriot ± A term that refers to a person from the British American colonies that wanted

to break away from the British Crown. A patriot would have taken up arms to fightagainst the British in the American Revolutionary War.

Pre-Contact ± Refers to the period of time in North America before European explorers

set foot on the continent.

Seven Years War ± A seven year war between the British (allied with the Iroquois) andthe French (allied with the Huron). It concluded with a British victory and North

America being given to the British as booty. All that was once New France now belonged to Britain.

Sovereignty ± Having supreme and independent control over a geographic region.



Quebec Act of 1774 ± During the American Revolutionary War (Americans vs. British),the British feared that the French living in the region of Quebec would revolt and join the

Americans because the nation of France was allied with the Americans. The Quebec Actsought to ³bribe´ the French Quebecers with various recognitions of their culture and

land. It allowed the French to continue to practice the Catholic Faith; it expanded the

region of Quebec, and allowed the French Quebecers to govern their society with Frenchlaws instead of British ones. (an example of accommodation)

Reformation ± Occurred in Germany in the 1500¶s. It was the separation of manyGerman churches from the Catholic Church to form independent church groups called

denominations. Eventually this movement spread to the rest of Catholic Europe. It wasthis event that gave rise to the various kinds of denominations we see today: Anglican,

Lutheran, Christian Reform, Calvinist, Presbyterian, Puritan, Methodist, etc.

Republic ± A democracy without a monarch (like the Americans).

Responsible Government ± The idea that a Canadian Prime Minister and hisgovernment (The Executive Branch) is answerable to the rest of Parliament (the People)

rather than the Monarch or British Parliament.

Royal Proclamation of 1763 ± After the Seven Years War and the ceding of New Franceto the British, the Royal Proclamation was given. This proclamation had two main

purposes: (1) To proclaim British sovereignty over North America, and (2) To state thegood intentions of the British Crown for the Native peoples that had once been in

relationship with the French Crown.

Upper Canada ± Created in the Constitutional Act of 1791. It was the region of southern Ontario.

Uprising ± When a less-powerful group of people (like the French or First Nations) are

angered by poor or discriminative treatment, and take up arms to fight against theoppressor (eg. The British Crown).

War of 1812 ± A war between the British Canadians and the Americans - fought on

Canadian and American soil. The Americans declared war for many reasons, one of them being that they were irritated by the British Canadian expansion into what is now

western Canada. Both the Americans and the Canadians claimed victory in this war. TheAmericans had a higher number of casualties. **I nteresting War of 1812 Fact ± After

Toronto (then called ³York´) was brutally attacked and burned by the Americans, a year later the Canadians attacked Washington and burned the White House.

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