EDU100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Quebec Act, Moral Authority, Lower Canada
Document Summary
Presentation from dr. frank peters on the history of education in canada. Uneasy and irregular peace with indigenous population. French and english settlers aligned with different aboriginal groups. Small numbers of settlers needed to work with aboriginal people. Needed orphanages to support settlers run by the church. Clergy acted like the police keep the peace and acted as a moral authority. Battle of the plains of abraham 1759. British the french and took over the fort at quebec city. The british ruled, but french were the majority. To keep the peace and prevent the french from joining the 13 colonies, england granted the french people their language, religion and civil law (quebec act 1775) Canada consisted of upper and lower canada (ontario and quebec) Unique populations in each (french in lower and english/german/irish in upper) Demand for schools around christian values and religious faith.
