History of Quebec and Canada, Secondary III

Unit 1: The experience of the Indigenous peoples and the colonization attempts (Origins to 1608)

Origins to 1608 - the First Occupants and the first colonization attempts.

• The First Occupants and their ways of life
• Social relationships among the First Peoples
• Decision making among the First Peoples
• Indigenous trade networks
• Alliances and rivalries among the First Nations

• First contacts between First Peoples and Europeans
• French exploration and the Franco-Aboriginal alliance

Unit 2: The evolution of colonial society under French rule (1608-1760)

1608-1760 - the evolution of colonial society under French rule.

• The monopoly of the chartered companies
• The Royal Government of New France
• French territory in America

• First Nations warfare and diplomacy
• The fur trade in New France

• The Catholic Church in New France
• Population growth in the colony
• Cities in the colony

• The seigneurial system
• Attempts at economic diversification
• Adaptation of the colonists

• First Peoples and the impact of colonization
• The intercolonial wars
• The War of the Conquest

Unit 3: The Conquest and the change of empire (1760-1791)

1760-1791 - the Conquest and the change of empire.

• The military regime
• The Royal Proclamation of 1763
• The status and demands of First Nations

• Governing under Murray and the Canadiens
• Protest movements and petitions
• The Quebec Act of 1774

• The American Revolution and the invasion of Quebec
• The arrival of the Loyalists

• The colonial economy under British rule
• The people of the colony after the Conquest
• The Catholic and Anglican Churches after the Conquest

Unit 4: The demands and struggles of nationhood (1791-1840)

1791-1840 - the demands and struggles of nationhood.

• The Constitutional Act of 1791
• Parliamentary debates and parties

• The rise of nationalisms
• Liberal and republican ideas
• The population of Lower and Upper Canada

• The Rebellions of 1837-1838

• Capital and infrastructure
• Agriculture and its crisis
• The fur trade transformed
• The rise of the timber trade
• Migration and immigration

• The War of 1812 and First Nations alliances
• The Anglican Church and the Clergy Reserves
• The Durham Report and the Act of Union