NATIONAL IDENTITY

English GK 13

1

REVIEW

I. PatriotismII. French influenceIII.Language

2

3

I. PATRIOTISM

Strong national identity Demarcation to the US

II. FRENCH INFLUENCE

4

1000 BC VIKINGS ARRIVED CANADA

5

6

7

1492 CRISTOPH COLUMBUS REACHED NORTH AMERICA

8

1497 JOHN CABOT ARRIVED NEWFOUNDLAND

9

1535 JACQUES CARTIER, A FRENCHMAN

10

1603 SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN, FRENCH EXPLORER

11

EARLY EXPLORERS WERE LOOKING FOR: GOLD & A QUICK WAY OF SAILING TO ASIA

THEY FOUND NEITHER, BUT THEY FOUND OTTERS, BEAVERS & OTHER ANIMALS

12

THE FRENCH CALLED THEIR NEW COLONY: NEW FRANCE

13

the British also claimed Canada British & French started fighting INDIAN WAR

As a result: the French were badly outnumbered!!

1.000.000 English colonists in British North America

65.000 French settlers in New France 1759 British took Quebec City

Peace came in 1763 St. Pierre & Miquelon - still part of France

14

1756 SEVEN YEARS’ WAR

15

French in Quebec: own Catholic religion language laws

1774

Quebec

End of The Constitution Act British control over Canada’s constitution Canada: member of the Commonwealth of Nations the Commonwealth is basically a club of countries who claim the British Queen as their

head of state; the United Kingdom doesn’t have any political power over Canada

16

1982

Today: Quebec & New Brunswick = bilingual

17

THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT OF 1969

III. LANGUAGE Official Languages Act: 1969

18

Canada

66,3 % English21,1 % French 12,6 % Other

Quebec

81,2 % French10,7 % English8,1 % Other

19

20

21

SOURCES http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_Canada_under_British_rulehttp://www.qub.ac.uk/imperial/canada/nationid.htmhttp://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z/c4/3http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z/m9/3http://www.troymedia.com/2013/06/16/canadas-national-identity-isnt-some-long-forgotten-war/http://oldfraser.lexi.net/publications/forum/1998/august/identity.html

22

Thank you for your attention…

23