CANS 200 Exam 1 Study Guide Questions and Answers 100% Pass

CANS 200 Exam 1 Study Guide Questions and Answers 100% Pass 1535 - Beginning of New France; Important b/c up until 1760 the entire story of Canada is the story of New France 1608 - Samuel de Champlain established Quebec; Important b/c it furthered trade with natives for beaver pelts 1663 - Rebooting of New France by Louis XIV -Important b/c new direct rule through a triumvirate -Governor acted as a leader, security, and military defense -Intendant: chief operating officer -> in charge of all economic issues of the colony; becomes enormously powerful -Bishop: took care of the welfare of the habitants, converted locals -Goal: a village structure with fields and churches -> problem: needed people to make villages -> solution: "filles du roi"/daughters of the king: women sent over and told to get married -> sex ratio balanced 1713 - Treaty of Utrecht signed as an outcome of the War of Spanish Succession -Important b/c as a result France had to turn over much of its belongings to Britain -> Britain got Acadia 1755 - Acadian expulsion Page 2/8 ©EmilyCharlene 2024. All Rights Reserved. -British found Acadians fighting on the French side of the Seven Years War -Britain wanted the Acadians to swear an oath of allegiance to the crown, but the Acadians refused -Important b/c Britain ended up basically committing genocide on the Acadian people by deporting them from their homeland September 13 1759 - Fall of Quebec September 1760 - Fall of Montreal 1763 - Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years War -Important b/c France ended up giving up all of its territories in mainland North America 1774 - Quebec Act -Important b/c... ->it extended Quebec into the Ohio region, overriding the 13 colonies claim to that land ->reestablished the catholic church ->came up with a hybrid system of English criminal law and French civil law ->Said Catholics could hold positions in the legislative council 1791 - Constitution Act -Britain split Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada -Upper: mostly anglophone, British institutions Lower: mostly francophone, with the old mixed institutions (British criminal law and French civil law) 1812 - War of 1812 -US wanted to eliminate the Indians in Canada and wipe out their idea of having a separate state Page 3/8 ©EmilyCharlene 2024. All Rights Reserved. -Britain was blockading French ports, which hurt American trade, so Americans decided to invade Canada -Important b/c... ->Indian nations were left shattered ->Canada's territory was intact after American invasion ->All different types of people in Canada felt united as Canadians after fighting for their land and seeing it ravages by an invader 1837/38 - Upper Canada and Lower Canada both