Teenage Rebellion Research Paper

Transcript of Canada East Alexander T. Galt Political deadlock: English-speaking and French-speaking people were constantly accusing one another of wanting it their own way Special Problems - Rich in coniferous forests, lakes, and rivers - Highest mountain: Mont D'Iberville (5420 ft) - St. Lawrence River runs through lower Quebec then drains out into the Gulf of St. Lawrence Colony Summary Canada East 1817-1883 Total population: 1 112 000 Largest cities and their population: -Montreal: 107 225 -Quebec city: 59 700 Occupations: -Farmers -Lumberjacks Income Sources: -lumbering -agriculture Geography Loss of preferred markets in Britain: Canada East had to look elsewhere to market its industrial and agricultural products Special Problems Being

Whig the separations between the two groups of people, the tension seemed to ease. Upper Canada had an English-speaking majority. Upper Canada today is located in Ontario, Canada. Lower Canada had the French-speaking majority. Lower Canada today is located in Quebec, Canada. Great Britain also provided each province with its own elected assembly. In both of the provinces, wealthy British people held most of the power. However, this changed during the 1800s. In both colonies, middle-class people began to demand political and economic reforms. The separation between the two groups temporarily worked, soon they would have to find another plan. During the 1830s, rebellions began in both Upper and Lower Canada. The conflicts had rekindled, England would have to come up with another new solution before time ran

The research in this proposal primarily focuses on the rebellions that took place in both upper and Lower Canada during 1838. The time line of this proposal will include events prior to the actual rebellions as they are significant to the understanding of the causes of these uprisings. In 1837 and 1838, insurrections against the British colonial government arose in Lower and Upper Canada. Moderates hoped to reform the political system, while radicals yearned for a restructuring of both administration and society (Read , 19-21). During this time period an economic crisis had swept both Upper and Lower Canada. In Lower Canada many French habitants were suffering from famine and the accumulation of huge debts due to poor harvests. In Upper

In Lower Canada, the conflict had been divided along linguistic and cultural lines. Within Durham’s report, The Act of Union, and1841 Election. The English and French battled out the ultimate power control over the new nation, where the lower Canada and the upper Canada became as one. In Durham’s report back in 1839, he came up with two recommendation: union of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, and a responsible government. “I expected to find a conflict between the government an the peoples: instead I found two warring nations within a single state; I found a struggle, not of principles…which now divides the inhabitants of lower Canada into hostile groups: French and English.” Quote from Lore Durham (1839 - Lord Durham’s Report). To solve this

As time goes on, some countries become more relevant in the global sphere while others start to fade away. Canada is a country that only becomes more relevant as time goes on. Since being granted full sovereignty, Canada has had a growing role as a major world player. Much of their international growth has to do with its close ties to the United States and the United Kingdom. However, the country has also undergone huge change and refocusing on a domestic level. With influence from both Europe and the United States, Canada has a very unique system of governing. This paper will focus on a few major areas of Canada. It will look into the history of Canada, the structure of its government, its politics, and many of the major issues it faces today.

The power struggle has always been a fight within Canada, due to the vast size of the country. Over the years the government has done a good job of satisfying/subsiding certain regions concerns, and/or issues. Obviously the government cannot please everyone, thus resulting in the constant debate of Centralist VS. Decentralist. Centralists believe that a majority of the power, strength, and control should remain in Ontario, and Quebec; where as, Decentralists believe that the power should strengthen all the provinces, and ripple down to the other periphery regions. The National Policy implemented in 1879 by the Conservative Federal Government was brought in to help the Canadian economy; however, there were a couple of downsides for many Canadians.

The Canadian constitution had to overcome two obstacles before creation, the language, and cultural differences between the main parties, English and French, and balancing the levels of power as the appeal of regionalism would increase due to Canada’s physical size (Trudeau 42) However, Canada was created on empirical and common sense by its politicians, and reason it's guiding virtue. Although, balancing economies and other provincial manners was a complex matter, it was handled by developing central (federal) administrations faster than that of provincials (Trudeau 42) This power balance was adjusted in three ways: the federal government did not partake in provincial matters, to establish countervailing regionalism, the creation of a representative bureaucracy at the federal level to insure provincial interests (Trudeau 43). Lastly, regionalist reserves were heavily used to further establish national consensus and sense of comradery (Trudeau

The War of 1812 built up hatred overtime between the Americans and the British. But as a result, there were no territorial changes. Another significant event before the Annexation Manifesto was the Rebellion of 1837. It caused a backfire which led to a massive violence when Lower and Upper Canada took arms to achieve a responsible government. Although the Rebellions of 1837 were motivated in part by this type of dissatisfaction, Canadian resentment of British rule never reached the degree that led to the American Revolution in 1775. Notably, Canada 's population grew rapidly in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Canada 's population grew due to United Empire Loyalists, who left the American colonies during the Revolution because of their loyalty to Great Britain. In

The rebellions of Upper and Lower Canada were in the interests of self-government but were doomed to failure from their beginning. Each of these two colonies encountered a great deal of problems right from the institution of the Constitution Act of 1791 and the problems continually got worse until the only choice to some seem to be rebellion. There were several problems that lead to the rebellions of 1837-38. In Lower Canada there was the agricultural crisis that caused a large number of starvations, to the French and English political and social problems within the colony. There were several different reasons that caused the rebellion in Upper Canada but these caused were mainly rooted in

In Canadian history, nationalism and sovereignty tend to be common themes prevalent since Confederation. A well-known example of this in Quebec was during the Quiet Revolution which strengthened the need for change through Premier Lesage’s reforms and in turn, developed a strong sense of nationalism in Quebec. In contrast to beliefs that the rapid modernization of the Quiet Revolution had a positive impact on Quebec, it rather had a negative impact on Quebec and its citizens and identity. The three consequences which arose in Quebec as a result of the revolution are the encouragement of separatism, the elimination of traditional values and roles and the establishment of powerful bureaucratic control. Quebec’s attempt to be more like the

Due to the bitter rivalries of their mother countries, the two sides also had a strong feels of animosity against one another. This animosity was furthered when the French surrendered New France. This cession of French territory to the British occurred after the French and Indian Wars of the mid 18th century; specifically after the treaty of Paris in February 20th of 1763. The essential annexation brought about much anger within the French. This was illustrated during the highlights of the Patriote movement (the rebellions of 1837 and 1838) and the secession of New France to become British. These events, along with prior rivalry with Britain and its colonies brought forth a substantial amount of Francophone nationalism. Though the rebellion was also caused by famine and poverty on some level, it was the strong French nationalism was the spark that brought about Canada’s first “civil war.”

Overtime, during the 1600's and 1700's many missionaries and fur trappers and other French colonists came to Canada and lived with the Native Americans. Some of the French who came even intermarried with some of the Native Americans. Eventually, Britain came to power and took control of Canada in 1763 after defeating France in the French and Indian war. After Britain took power, many English-speaking people settled into Canada. Most of these English-speaking people who settled were from Great Britain and some were loyalist Americans. During Britain's control of power in Canada, Britain's parliament eventually split Canada into two new providences. The two providences were Upper Canada and Lower Canada. Today Upper Canada is now Ontario and Lower Canada is now Quebec. The reason for Britain's parliament splitting Canada into Upper Canada and Lower Canada was because of conflict between two religions. The two religions were Roman Catholic and Protestant. Both religious groups wanted to have a bigger voice in controlling their own affairs which led to conflict between the two religions. After both religions kept pressuring Britain to give them these powers, Britain finally gave in and split Canada into two providences in 1791. This now became Upper Canada and Lower Canada.

     Ever since the terrible tragedy at Columbine High School, there has been a numerous list of recent school shootings in America. Youth violence is a major issue in today’s society. Many people dread what causes adolescents to be so violent, committing horrible crimes.     

The movie thirteen is a raw psychodrama directed by Catherine Hardwicke is based on the life of a young teenage girl, Tracy Freeland whom catapults from pre adolescence/childhood to a wild and rebellious thirteen year old girl. Filmed in Los Angeles, Tracey and her mother’s relationship are put to the test when she befriends Evie. Evie is a popular girl from junior high school who introduces her to the world of sex, drugs and self-mutilation. We see a physical and psychological change in Tracey almost overnight, as her kinship with Evie transforms into a toxic relationship. Tracey’s early traumatic life experiences, manifests into a co-morbidity of depression and borderline personality disorder that affects her ability to cope with an

Trying to be that rebellious teen isn’t as cool as many would think. Have you ever gotten in those dumb situations where you look back and you just put your hand on your face, sigh, and then ask “Ugh, why did I do that?” Yeah, that was me when I was lost at Busch Wildlife. I was there, at Busch Wildlife, for Cross Country Summer Running during Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in the summer of 2012 and, at the time, I was only there a couple of times and knew limited amount of people so I didn’t fully know where any path would take me and ask for help. Getting lost for two and a half hours at Busch Wildlife taught me that it’s good to be adventurous and take chances, to take the time to appreciate the beauty nature has to offer us, and to stay with a group even if they embarrass you.