HIST113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lower Canada, Philemon Wright, Sawmill
2 Dec 2016
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Lecture 6: farming and resources upper and lower canada. When people feel more secure they have more children who become farmers. Period of stability that allows the farmers to prosper and further develop their farms. Removal of french merchants and military economy (supply) Established himself with a british trading firms->become their representative and stations himself in quebec. Similar opportunities in new colony of on. Hamilton sent over to montr al from scotland to be a junior clerk for fur trading firm. Cartwright- served in military- gets contacts to supply to military in ontario. Main staple export of all the colonies by 1820s. Trees are cut and squared during winter months. Leave in river->ice thaw->timber flow to major ports. Merchants in britain and in the colonies invest in production and export. While building his communities he realized the need for key services (sawmill, and tavern-> place to drink)
