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HIS 221: Canadian History, Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
9. What happened to the Jesuits in Canada after the British conquest?
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HIS 221: Canadian History, Pre-Confederation (to 1867): 9. What happened to the Jesuits in Canada after the British conquest?
Research Essay Suggested Topics
Sources for Topics 1-8
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1. What was the role of slavery in New France?
2. Explain the migration of Black loyalists to Canada after the American Revolution. Why did they come? What was their experience in Canada? What was the “back to Africa” movement?
3. What was Canada’s role in the Underground Railroad?
4. What are the origins of the RCMP in Canada? How has the force changed since its inception?
5. When did the Klondike Gold Rush begin? What was its impact on the Yukon Territory?
6. Who was Joseph Brant? How has the historical memory of his role in Canadian history changed over time? What is his ‘legacy’?
7. Who won the war of 1812?
8. Examine the Acadian expulsion and resulting Cajun culture in Louisiana. What stories can be told from this time? What were the effects on Canada? On the United States?
Sources for Topics 9-16
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9. What happened to the Jesuits in Canada after the British conquest?
10. Examine a current movement (last ten years) to take down/deface a statue featuring a historical character in Canada. Why is there pressure to remove it? What does this reveal about the person themselves, and/or the way we perceive history and historic
11. What was the Great Peace of Montreal in 1701? How did it impact the future of the Haudenosaunee people in Canada?
12. Examine the history of names and naming of indigenous people in Canada. Why have so many different names been used? What are the origins of different names? Why do we use certain names now, in 2020? What does this reflect about Canadian history, memor
13. How popular was the temperance movement in Canada? Did it have any lasting effects?
14. Choose a historical treaty between the government and an Indigenous nation and examine the process of how the treaty was negotiated, written, and legislated. What were the effects on Indigenous people? How did the terms of the treaty change over time?
15. Who were the filles du roi? What was their role in the shaping of New France? What can we learn about Canadian women’s history and gender roles from their experiences?
16. Examine another epidemic in Canadian history (smallpox, measles, tuberculosis). Describe the circumstances surrounding the epidemic, the impact on a specific geographical area, and the changes made to the health system because of the epidemic.
Books
Black Robes and Buckskin: A Selection From the Jesuit Relations
by
Catharine Randall
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
The Jesuit relations and allied documents : travels and explorations of the Jesuit missionaries in New France, 1610-1791
by
Jesuits.Reuben Gold Thwaites
Call Number: FC 318 .J46 1959
Publication Date: 1959
Jesuit Survival and Restoration: A Global History, 1773-1900
by
Robert Aleksander Maryks (Volume Editor); Jonathan Wright (Volume Editor)
Publication Date: 2014-11-28
The Jesuit Mission to New France: A New Interpretation in the light of the Earlier Jesuit Experience in Japan
by
Takao Abé
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Books
Masters and Students: Jesuit Mission Ethnography in Seventeenth-Century New France
by
Micah True
Call Number: FC 315 .T866 M423 2015
Publication Date: 2015-02-27
The Jesuit Missionaries to North America: Spiritual Writings and Biographical Mistakes
by
Francois Roustang; Sister M. Renelle (Translator)
Call Number: FC 317 .R68 2006
Publication Date: 2006-03-01
The Jesuit Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix's (1682-1761) Journal of a Voyage in North America: An Annotated translation
by
Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix, Micah True
Publication Date: 2019
Books
Apostles of Empire: The Jesuits and New France.
by
Bronwen McShea
Publication Date: 2019-07-01
The Jesuit Missions: A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness
by
Thomas Guthrie Marquis
Publication Date: 2003
The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century.
by
Francis Parkman
Call Number: FC 315 .P37 1970
Publication Date: 1970
Harvest of Souls: the Jesuit missions and colonialism in North America, 1632-1650
by
Carole Blackburn
Publication Date: 2004-01-16
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