chapter 6 part 3 page 134 -138. focus question: how did the flow of immigration after 1815 reinforce...
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Chapter 6 Part 3 Page 134 -138. Focus question: How did the flow of immigration after 1815 reinforce the British character of Canada? The Great Migration:](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649d315503460f94a09e39/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Chapter 6 Part 3Page 134 -138
![Page 2: Chapter 6 Part 3 Page 134 -138. Focus question: How did the flow of immigration after 1815 reinforce the British character of Canada? The Great Migration:](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649d315503460f94a09e39/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Focus question: How did the flow of immigration after 1815 reinforce the British character of Canada?
• The Great Migration:
• Britain was eager to open up available land to farming. They hoped to attract people from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.
• Between 1825 – 1850 more than 800 000 immigrants came to the ports of Halifax, Saint John and Quebec City. This influx is called the Great Migration.
![Page 3: Chapter 6 Part 3 Page 134 -138. Focus question: How did the flow of immigration after 1815 reinforce the British character of Canada? The Great Migration:](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649d315503460f94a09e39/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Why did so many people want to leave Britain to live in the colonies?
• In Britain, the population was growing rapidly, but jobs were scarce.
• Farmers were being forced off the land.
• Poverty and hunger were common in Ireland suffered a terrible famine, forcing many rural people to leave.
• With peace, ocean travel was now safer.
• The colonies offered free land, new opportunities, and a chance for a better life.
![Page 4: Chapter 6 Part 3 Page 134 -138. Focus question: How did the flow of immigration after 1815 reinforce the British character of Canada? The Great Migration:](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649d315503460f94a09e39/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Coming to the colonies
• Immigrants travelled from Britain to Canada by ship.
• It was a long trip and people with money, had comfortable cabins. People who were poor, had to deal with crowded, filthy, dark holds below deck. Disease ran rampant in these conditions.
• So many people died on these trips, the boats were nicknamed “coffin ships”.
• Most newcomers travelled by land to Upper Canada, many stayed along the St. Lawrence in Quebec City and Montreal. The rest stayed in the Maritimes.
![Page 5: Chapter 6 Part 3 Page 134 -138. Focus question: How did the flow of immigration after 1815 reinforce the British character of Canada? The Great Migration:](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649d315503460f94a09e39/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
The Terrible Year
• In 1847, the immigration population from Ireland leapt from 30 000 to 100000.
• The reason was a potato famine and the Irish had nothing to eat.
• Typhus broke out on the ships and thousands of people died on the ships and thousands more died in Canada waiting at the quarantine stations on the St. Lawrence River.
• The newcomers were forced to stay there until doctors were sure they were not bringing diseases into the country. In 1847 alone, 5424 people were buried on Grosse – Ile.
![Page 6: Chapter 6 Part 3 Page 134 -138. Focus question: How did the flow of immigration after 1815 reinforce the British character of Canada? The Great Migration:](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649d315503460f94a09e39/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Pioneer Life
• Once people left the ship they made their way across the land by boats and wagons.
• Once they reached their plot of land, each family faced their own challenges: clearing the dense forest but the rugged environment and harsh climate made it difficult.
![Page 7: Chapter 6 Part 3 Page 134 -138. Focus question: How did the flow of immigration after 1815 reinforce the British character of Canada? The Great Migration:](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649d315503460f94a09e39/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
A Pioneer LifePage 137
![Page 8: Chapter 6 Part 3 Page 134 -138. Focus question: How did the flow of immigration after 1815 reinforce the British character of Canada? The Great Migration:](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649d315503460f94a09e39/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
A Very British Colony
• The arrival of so many people from Britain changed the identity of the British colonies.
• The newcomers opened up vast areas of farmland and developed new industries in the area such as logging, and mining.
• Towns sprang up to meet the needs of the people.
• People worked as labourers and servants, doctors and teachers, loggers and miners.
• The new British immigrants brought British customs, traditions and games. They also spoke English.
![Page 9: Chapter 6 Part 3 Page 134 -138. Focus question: How did the flow of immigration after 1815 reinforce the British character of Canada? The Great Migration:](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649d315503460f94a09e39/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
A Very British Colony page 137
![Page 10: Chapter 6 Part 3 Page 134 -138. Focus question: How did the flow of immigration after 1815 reinforce the British character of Canada? The Great Migration:](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649d315503460f94a09e39/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
The Underground Railroad
• Slavery had been present in New France for many years. Some Loyalists brought enslaved African Americans with them.
• In 1792, the governor of Upper Canada passed a bill to phase out slavery.
• In 1835, Britain banned slavery in all its colonies. The British colonies soon became known as a safe haven for people and word quickly passed amongst slaves that Canada was the “land of promises”.
![Page 11: Chapter 6 Part 3 Page 134 -138. Focus question: How did the flow of immigration after 1815 reinforce the British character of Canada? The Great Migration:](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649d315503460f94a09e39/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
The Underground Railroadpage 138
![Page 12: Chapter 6 Part 3 Page 134 -138. Focus question: How did the flow of immigration after 1815 reinforce the British character of Canada? The Great Migration:](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649d315503460f94a09e39/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
The Underground Railroad
• Many runaway enslaved people fled north via the Underground Railroad.
• This secret network hid the fugitives by day. “Conductors: or guides, then moved them under the cover of darkness to the next ‘station’ on the ‘railroad’.
• This was dangerous work. People who helped enslaved people risked going to jail, steep fines or death.
• The Underground Railroad helped more than 30 000 former enslaved people.
![Page 13: Chapter 6 Part 3 Page 134 -138. Focus question: How did the flow of immigration after 1815 reinforce the British character of Canada? The Great Migration:](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022062516/56649d315503460f94a09e39/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Crash Course - Slavery