Canada Flashcards

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Historical Grevinaces

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British colonization
borders of new France and power of the catholic church

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Confederation

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sovereign state being under the British parliament
as Canada was constructed through constitutional means, deconstruction of the greater entity is also done through constitutionalism

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Ontario vs Quebec

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French Canadians were encourage to have larger families: LA REVANCHE DES BERCEAUX ( The revenge of the cradles)
French Canadians having more babies to dominate more of the Canadian population

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Massive Migration post WWII

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concentrated in the hands of the clerical government
changes in the ethnic makeup of Canada
most immigrants did not know French or English and was a natural thing to opt for English
this led to national backlash in Quebec because people were choosing English

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The Quiet Revolution

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1960: led by The Quebec Liberal Party (QLP)- Jean Lesage
made education a provincial policy
education was linked in the hands of the church but Lesage made it in the hands of the government

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The Election of the PQ to Power

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Rene Levesque:
The Charter of the French Language: Bill 101
provided Quebecers with the sense of cultural security
1980: the first referendum of independence (40% yes)

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Quebecers new nationalism

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formed a identity
independence could be a symbol, although not the goal
represented the awaking of underdeveloped societies that were taking charge of their own history
represented the breaking away from the clerical background and English population
1982: Quebec was excluded from the Canadian constiution

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