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Unit 2
CONFLICTS AND CHALLENGES IN CANADA: 1800 - 1850
CONFLICTS AND CHALLENGES IN CANADA: 1800 - 1850
Introduction
Chapter 5 Learning Goals
As you work through this chapter, you will:
Identify the factors that affected how a variety of people lived in the early 1800s and the challenges they faced
Examine the significance of people, events, and developments from the early 1800s
Explore historical perspectives on debtors’ prison
Analyze and contextualize text sources
History u2_sb_opener.pdfDID CANADA PROGRESS AS A RESULT OF THE CONFLICTS AND CHALLENGES FROM 1800-1850?
Focus on the Four Historical Thinking Concepts and the key question for this unit?DID CANADA PROGRESS AS A RESULT OF THE CONFLICTS AND CHALLENGES FROM 1800-1850?
Historical Significance: Which conflicts were the most significant in bringing about change?
Cause and Consequence: What caused the conflicts that occurred in Canada from 1800-1850?
Continuity and Change: How did Canada change between 1800-1850?
Historical Perspective: What do you think it was like to live during the conflicts of the early 1800's?
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF BRITISH IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA 1815-1850 - 650 000
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF BRITISH IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA 1815-1850 - 650 000
ESTIMATED POPULATION IN 1806
ESTIMATED POPULATION IN 1806
Upper Canada 70 718
Lower Canada 250 000
AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE IN:
AVERAGE FAMILY SIZE IN:
1851 - 6.6 CHILDREN
2011 - 1.6 CHILDREN
Timeline: 1800-1850
Timeline: 1800-1850
- 1811- Lord Selkirk receives Red River land grant from Hudson's Bay Company.
- 1812- The United States declares war on Britain, beginning the War of 1812
- 1814 - The Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812.
- 1815 - Large numbers of immigrants begin arriving in Canada from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
- 1816 - Conflict between the North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company erupts in the Battle of Seven Oaks
- 1821 - Hudson's Bay Company merges with the North West Company
- 1832 - The cholera epidemic causes the death of over 7500 people
- 1837 - Mackenzie and Reformers launch Upper Canada Rebellion AND Patriotes fight in the Lower Canada Rebellion
- 1841 - The Act of Union unites Upper Canada and Lower Canada
- 1849 - Responsible Government is established in the "Province of Canada"
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