HIS395H5 Lecture Notes - Toronto Purchase, Hart Massey, Industrial Revolution
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Population since 1920 hasn"t grown in toronto: changes from events called industrialization, city evolved in 19th century. Name of city comes from natives (mississauga tribe) Early years virtually all of ontario surveyed by british and was agricultural: still live with consequences of that survey, 100 chains -> 66 ft. Made concession, line made and roads built -> called concession roads. In urban areas concession roads now named (in toronto bloor was the first: southern ontario still lined with these, have lines (5th line, 6th line etc) which vary in size people started settling in as soon as natives surrendered land, most of them were american (war of 1812 etc. ) > came in with frontier skills: population grew enough that 1818 government wanted more land. Area below lake ____ surveyed 1818 (north of eglington) -> south area surveyed in 1805.
