Canadian History: Pre-European Contact to World War II
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
Time measurement
Cause and effect
Warfare
Repetitive trends and patterns,
past, present and future
Appropriate use of primary and
secondary sources
Cultural identity and tradition
Multiculturalism and diversity
History of the arts
History of major scientific
breakthroughs
Proper writing of historical
papers
International diplomacy
TIMEFRAME OF SUBJECTS
Weeks 1 and 2: Indigenous peoples before Western contact (pre-contact
- 1600)
Timeframe
Nomadic life
Culture
Early Explorers
Vikings
Search for the Northwest Passage
§ John
Cabot
§ Jacques
Carrier
Beginning of Canadian economy
§ Grand
Banks
§ Fur
Trade
Native/European
relations
Weeks 3, 4 and 5: New France and British North America (1600-1812)
New France
§
Geography
§
Culture
Samuel de Champlain
§
100 Associates
Native alliances
§ Huron/Iroquois
war
King’s Daughters
§ Hudson
Bay Company
French/Indian War
§ British
North America
§ Treaty
of Paris
§ Royal
Proclamation of 1763
British taking power over New
France
§ Quebec
Act
· Nova
Scotia settlement
American Revolution
§ Loyalist
immigration
§ Population
boom
§ Constitution
Act of 1791
Upper and Lower Canada
§ War
of 1812
Weeks 6 and 7: Conflict and Change (1813-1840)
Immigration and settlement
§ Canada
Company
§ Exploitation
of Natives
§ Economic
change
· Timber and gold
Political changes
§ British
elite in power
· Radicals and reformers
· William Lyon Mackenzie
· Joseph Howe
Rebellions of 1837
§ 92
resolutions
§ Louis
Joseph Papineau
Weeks 8 and 9: Confederation (1841-1867)
Union period
Durham
report
§ Act
of Union
· Robert Baldwin
· Louis Lafontaine
Liberals
Nova Scotia
§ Joseph
Howe
New Brunswick
§ Samuel
Leonard Tilley
§ Tories
Upper
Canada
§ John
A. MacDonald
Lower Canada
§ George
Etienne Cartier
Railroad
§ Reciprocity
Treaty of 1854
Maritime
Provinces Meetings
§ Upper
and Lower Canada join
§ Confederation
debates
· 72 Resolutions
Fenian raids
British North America
Act
July 1, 1867
§ Dominion
of Canada formed
· Quebec
· Ontario
· New
Brunswick
· Nova
Scotia
Week 10: Western Expansion (1868-1897)
Hudson Bay Company sale
Red River
Rebellion
§ Louis
Riel
§ Metis
Pacific railroad
§ British
Columbia enters confederation
North-West Mounted Police
Canadian Pacific Railway
§ Federal
land grants
§ Chinese
work
§ Building
block to Confederation expansion
North-West Rebellion
§ Metis
§ Louis
Riel
Industrial Growth
§ National
Policy
§ Completion
of the CPR
Week 11: Early 20th Century/Immigration (1898-1894)
Immigration
§ American
§ British
§ Asian
§ Jewish
§ Italian
Prosperity
§ Wilfred
Laurier
Boer War
Multiculturalism
Alberta
and Saskatchewan join Confederation
Women and minorities
Weeks 12 &13: World War I to beginning of World War II (1914-1940)
Outbreak of the war
§ Causes
§ Alliances
§ Major
battles
· Somme
· Verdun
· Ypres
· Vimy
§ Life
on the battlefield
§ Life
on the home front
· Women’s role
· Industry
· Recruitment/conscription
o Division between French and
English
§ Postwar
· League of Nations
· Statue of Westminster
o Canadian independence
Not so roaring Twenties
§ Lack
of prosperity
§ Communism
and socialism
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Great Depression
§ Stock
market crash
§ Unemployment
Borden’s New Deal
§ Long-term
effects on Canadian Society
Weeks 14 and 15: World War II (1940-1945)
Outbreak of the war
§ Allies
and enemies
§ Conscription
Life on the home front
§ Industry
§ Women’s
role
Life on the battlefield
§ Major
battles
§ Dieppe
§ Falaise
§ D-Day
Armistice
Week 16: Course Review
