why
WHY… did people move to Canada
moat people wanted to find new jobs and new opportunities. some people were trying to escape their countries. For example, people would escape from slavery, illnesses, huger/ the great potato famine
WHAT… motivated people to move to Canada
most people were motivated to find a better life
WHERE… did immigrants come from
most immigrants were Scottish, Irish, English, African-American slaves
WHO…. lived in Canada at this time
the majority of candies at this time were British, people french, people and indigenous peoples
why did so many black slaves move to Canada in the 1840 and 1860?
black slaves wanted to escape America because of the slave laws there. Canada was an optimal place to escape because Canada had banned slavery.
what was the underground railroad?
The underground railroad was a system of trails and safe houses. slaves could use these trails to escape America into Canada where they could be free. the punishment for escaping slaves was death. So to keep the underground railroad metaphorically underground, slaves would refer to it as if they were talking about train tracks or trains. it was a sort of secret language.
where did most immigrants live when they got to Canada?
most immigrants would settle in New France or West Ontario
. how did people Irish people get to Canada?
many Irish people tried to escape the potato famine by stowing away on lumber ships. These ships were nicknamed coffin ships because of the high death rate of the Irish on board. lumber ships were not made from human passengers, so there was not much space for the people. So many people had to fit in one small room which did not have enough room, food, water, light, or air.
why didn't Canada have slavers when America did in 1800
Canada did have slavery primarily in the colony of New France until 1834. in 1834 the Slavery Abolition Act came into effect through the British Empire. slavery was abolished in America after the Civil War in 1865
what was the potato famine?
The potato famine was a disease in 1846, that annihilated almost all of the Irish potato crops. which forced the Irish people into poverty hunger and, disease.
where did most people live at this time?
the vast majority of Candies lived in West Ontario
why did so many people live in Est Qwabeck and West Ontario?
many people lived in these areas becue of job options and land, in that part of Canada
what impact did immigrants have on the Canadian economy?
many Irish escaping from Ireland were forced to work in lumber camps, and at shipping docks, to support their families. many imagins worked in labor jobs. but british loyalists were granted land and a certain amount of money if they left Amarcrine after the Civil War and the Amarcrine revelation.
where were the least people located in Canada
the least amount of people lived in the northwest territories because of it’s unhospitable climate
WHEN… when did people move to Canada
in the 1840s and 1860s lots of people migrated to Canada to find a battery life