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NATIONAL IDENTITY
English GK 13
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REVIEW
I. PatriotismII. French influenceIII.Language
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I. PATRIOTISM
Strong national identity Demarcation to the US
II. FRENCH INFLUENCE
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1000 BC VIKINGS ARRIVED CANADA
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1492 CRISTOPH COLUMBUS REACHED NORTH AMERICA
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1497 JOHN CABOT ARRIVED NEWFOUNDLAND
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1535 JACQUES CARTIER, A FRENCHMAN
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1603 SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, FRENCH EXPLORER
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EARLY EXPLORERS WERE LOOKING FOR: GOLD & A QUICK WAY OF SAILING TO ASIA
THEY FOUND NEITHER, BUT THEY FOUND OTTERS, BEAVERS & OTHER ANIMALS
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THE FRENCH CALLED THEIR NEW COLONY: NEW FRANCE
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the British also claimed Canada British & French started fighting INDIAN WAR
As a result: the French were badly outnumbered!!
1.000.000 English colonists in British North America
65.000 French settlers in New France 1759 British took Quebec City
Peace came in 1763 St. Pierre & Miquelon - still part of France
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1756 SEVEN YEARS’ WAR
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French in Quebec: own Catholic religion language laws
1774
Quebec
End of The Constitution Act British control over Canada’s constitution Canada: member of the Commonwealth of Nations the Commonwealth is basically a club of countries who claim the British Queen as their
head of state; the United Kingdom doesn’t have any political power over Canada
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1982
Today: Quebec & New Brunswick = bilingual
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THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT OF 1969
III. LANGUAGE Official Languages Act: 1969
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Canada
66,3 % English21,1 % French 12,6 % Other
Quebec
81,2 % French10,7 % English8,1 % Other
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SOURCES http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_Canada_under_British_rulehttp://www.qub.ac.uk/imperial/canada/nationid.htmhttp://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z/c4/3http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z/m9/3http://www.troymedia.com/2013/06/16/canadas-national-identity-isnt-some-long-forgotten-war/http://oldfraser.lexi.net/publications/forum/1998/august/identity.html
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Thank you for your attention…
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