Great Migration
Trigger for the Great Migration
Industrial Revolution, poverty, famine, disease.
A person seeking change with their government
Where did the rebellions take place?
Upper and Lower Canada
Epidemic vs. pandemic
epidemic is regional spread of a disease
pandemic is global spread of a disease
The man brought in to investigate the rebellions.
Lord Durham
True or False, The Great Migration happened during the American Revolutionary War.
False
What change were colonists seeking in government?
Democratic government
Rebellion
When the people of a place rise up (some times violently) against their governments.
Nickname for Ships during Great Migration
Coffin Ships
Name this man's report.
The Durham Report
The Industrial Revolution
Machines took over the jobs of people in Britain
Papineau, Mackenzie and Howe
Reformers
Reasons for rebellions
-power struggle in government between the French and English
-no quarantines enforced to control spread of cholera
-crop failure
Cholera impacted which colony the hardest?
Recommendations of Durham Report
- unite Upper and Lower Canada
-Democratic government
-Assimilate French Canadiens
Immigrant Vs. Emigrant
Immigrant= A person moving into a country
Emigrant= A person moving out of a country
A political party that emerged during this time
Reform Party
True or False, Britain had to result to violence to end the rebellions
True
Disease spread from...
Britain
The policy created based on Durham's suggestions
The Act of Union
Pressures the great migration cause on colonists in Upper & Lower Canada & Nova Scotia
overcrowding, disease, lack of food, housing and jobs.
A democratic government gives colonists...
more power
Years Rebellions took place
1837 & 1838
Symptoms of Cholera
diarrhea
vomiting
leg cramps
thirst
Act of Union declared....
- One Province of Canada (regions: East and West)
-English official language of government
- equal number of seats in government between Canada East and West (42/42)