POL 2101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: John A. Macdonald, Social Inequality, 1969 White Paper
24 May 2016
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Politics of nationalism: nationalism, french-canadian nationalism was originally a mechanism/system of self defense against the federal government. The francophones whom had been colonized in canada had language and cultural privileges upheld by the federal government in an attempt to assimilate the french to english speaking protestants. The conquest of 1759 left french a second-class language within quebec, and francophones were largely excluded from any power. By the terms of the quebec act in 1774, they were granted protection of the roman. The defensive posture that was characteristic of the french-canadian nationalism explains the ability to resist the pressures of assimilation. The ideology behind this defense was that the dominant anglophone culture was all the things that french canada was not and should not become. The traditional nationalism came under mounting pressure during the middle of the 20th century in which quebec was following the path of modernization.
