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The Loyalist Migration: Impacts

The Loyalist Migration: Impacts. B y 1790 10% of Quebec’s population was made up of British Loyalists (that’s a substantial amount!) How will this affect Quebec? tensions rise Loyalists want British laws and customs

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The Loyalist Migration: Impacts

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  1. The Loyalist Migration: Impacts

  2. By 1790 10% of Quebec’s population was made up of British Loyalists (that’s a substantial amount!) • How will this affect Quebec? • tensions rise • Loyalists want British laws and customs • Canadiens were concerned about how well the rights granted to them by the Quebec Act would be protected Impacts on Quebec

  3. In Quebec Loyalists were petitioning for British laws and customs in place of French • Britain owed Loyalists for supporting them in the American Revolution • Britain also wanted to secure the goodwill of the new Loyalist settlers • Britain wanted both to remain their supporters in the face of further uprisings from America Impacts on Quebec (continued)

  4. Nova Scotia was already mainly settled by British after the deportation of Acadians • So when the Loyalists migrated they assimilated well into this society • However, due to the fact that many Loyalists established their own settlements away from the already existing British settlers in Nova Scotia, they eventually petitioned for recognition from Britain as a separate colony Impacts on Nova Scotia

  5. What was Britain previously trying to do when negotiating with First Nations? • Peace and Friendship • After Loyalist migrations into Canada, they shifted to negotiating for … • Land Impacts on First Nations

  6. British Government did negotiate for land in what was outlined as “Indian Territory” in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 • However this did not always happen: • Loyalists moving to Acadia found little good farm land • Why? • They started to push into Mi’kmaq territory • The British Government allowed this • Reason Mi’kmaq were not in “Indian Territory” Impacts on First Nations (continued) The First Nations people lost a huge amount of their land as well as areas that were their traditional hunting and fishing grounds.

  7. Establish the colonies of New Brunswick, St. John’s Island, and Cape Breton Island • Reorganize Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada • Lower Canada, east of Montreal  French custom and laws • Upper Canada, west of Montreal  British custom and laws Britain’s Decision

  8. Britain also: • set aside lands for Protestant Churches • guaranteed Canadiens the right to Catholic religion • Established officials and legislative councils in each colony • Every person in Canada now had a “representative government” • That would be elected by only advised a British appointed governor Britain’s Decision (continued)

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