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History of Quebec and Canada 414 WWW Links

Annotated Links by Module to History of Quebec and Canada  414
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MODULE 3: THE CONQUEST AND THE START OF BRITISH RULE
UNIT 1: THE CONQUEST
 TOPIC A: THE CAUSES
French and Indian War (1754-1763)
The French and Indian War determined that English rather than French ideas and institutions would dominate North America.
The French and Indian War As the British colonies became more populated and prosperous, their citizens began to look towards the rich lands across the Appalachian mountains as providing new opportunities for settlement and economic growth.
French and Indian Wars  1689-1763, the name given by American historians to the North American colonial wars between Great Britain and France in the late 17th and the 18th centuries
French and Indian War -Index
French and Indian War -Map
 TOPIC B: THE MAJOR EFFECTS OF THE CHANGES IN EMPIRE
Treaty of Paris
The definitive Treaty of Peace and Friendship between his Britannick Majesty, the Most Christian King, and the King of Spain. Concluded at Paris the 10th day of February, 1763. To which the King of Portugal acceded on the same day. (Printed from the Copy.)
The Royal Proclamation
We have thought fit, to issue this our Royal Proclamation, to erect, within the Countries and Islands ceded and confirmed to Us by the said Treaty, Four distinct and separate Governments, styled and called by the names of Quebec, East Florida, West Florida and Grenada, and limited and bounded as follows, viz.
Royal Proclamation of 1763
In practice, the Proclamation failed to stifle expansionist ambitions in the Thirteen Colonies.
Royal Proclamation -Map
Map and Historical Context Summary Timeline
UNIT 2:  THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
TOPIC A: THE QUEBEC ACT
 THE QUEBEC ACT, 1774
An Act for making more effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America.
TOPIC B: THE SHIFTING OF THE FUR TRADE
 Second Period of the Fur Trade
With the fall of New France in 1760, many British subjects joined with the French Canadians who were trading out of Montreal. The increased number of free traders brought on the second period of the fur trade as they pressed westward and established posts as far inland as present day central Saskatchewan.
The North West Company
Soon after the fall of Montreal in 1760, British traders began to reopen the French fur trade, using the routes and methods of the French traders, and using the French canoemen, the voyageurs, to transport their trade goods.
TOPIC C: THE ARRIVAL OF THE LOYALISTS
The American Revolution and the Loyalists
The American colonists rebelled because they were angry about taxes and other actions of the government in London, as well as the Quebec Act.
United Empire Loyalists
In Canadian history, name applied to those settlers who, loyal to the British cause in the American Revolution, migrated from the Thirteen Colonies to Canada.
Invasion of Canada
Somewhat isolated by natural geography this generally steadfast bastion of British rule in America was a strategic key for the empire, so much that very early on the American rebels attempted to silence Canada with an invasion.