SOC320 Lecture Notes - Asian Canadians, European Canadian, Africville
7 Feb 2013
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Conquest is a second form of internal colonialism which is the forcible capture of land and the economic and political domination of its inhabitants. The english conquered new france and created a system of ethnic stratification and turned out to be a major source of political conflict. British recognized that imposing their ways on the former french colony could result in high levels of resistant and conflict. Thus, they tried to accommodate farmers and catholic clergy by reinforcing their rights and privileges. Thought this would win the allegiance of the 2 groups. But they undermined the rights and privileges of merchants engaged mainly in fur trade. Thus while agriculture, religion, and politics remained in province of france, british took over all large- scale commerce. Although by 1950s many quebecois became part of the new middle class the upper reaches of the stratification system remained populated by people of british origin.
