Building new Canada
When did the war of 1812 end?
February 15 1815
What are treaties?
Agreements between Indigenous peoples and governments are called these.
What are settlers?
More people moved to Canada after the war to start new lives.
What is slavery?
any Black people came to Canada seeking freedom from this system in the United States escaping.
What was the most common job after the war?
Farming
What is conflict?
Fighting for land often led to this between settlers and Indigenous peoples.
What is Britain?
Many settlers came from this European country.
What kind of racial tensions did these early Black settlers face?
Despite their loyal service, they were forced onto poor, rocky land and segregated from the rest of society."
What was a common form transportation after the war?
Animal Drawn Vehicles
Who expanded on to the indigenous peoples land after the war?
After the war, American settlers and British colonial authorities expanded onto Indigenous land.
What are towns?
As the population grew, more of these communities were built.
What tensions did the wave of Irish immigrants bring to Canadian cities?
Irish immigration brought deep historic conflicts between Irish Protestants and Irish Catholics.
What is urbanization?
Urbanization after the War of 1812 meant that cities grew very fast.
People left farms to move to cities for work.
What happend to there relationship with the British?
The British abandoned them after the war
What is the population?
More settlers meant Canada's population increased.
Where did the hundreds of thousands of new settlers come from instead?
Great Britain (England, Scotland, and Ireland).
Who immigrated to Canada after the war?
British settlers, disbanded soldiers, American refugees and pioneers and ect...
Did Indigenous peoples get the independent nation they were promised by the British?
No
What is land?
Settlers needed more of this to build homes and farms.
Did Black settlers get treated equally when they arrived?
No, they faced severe racism and were given the poorest farming land.