HIST 2600 Lecture Notes - Anglo-Saxons
3 Apr 2014
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Utramontanism: a nationalist movement emerging in qu bec, product of a resurgence of french catholic sentiment in qu bec, ultramontanism religion took precedence over the sate; pope was the supreme authority over religious and civil matters, it favored electing politicians who endorsed catholic views on marriage, education, and social order; protestant english canadians didn"t support ultramontane views. 2: railway would help canada protect itself from american annexation, would aid british imperialism by providing a westerly route to asia through british territory, would help realize the resource potential of the northwest, the railways were a form of nationalism, would literally and figuratively unite the country. Along side these treaties the indian act (1876) is an important piece of their best options legislation: the governments tool to handling, controlling and assimilating the first nations, defines them as special wards of the crown.
