POLS 3125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: North West Company, Navigation Acts, Lower Canada
20 Dec 2017
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Atlantic colonies to 1763: evolution of a landmass supporting international fishery to a set of colonies capable of supporting permanent populations. Newfoundland: economics are key: even though powerful interests in britain were able to delay the process, the economics of it prevailed (despite imperial policy, maritimes: european settlement was more due to britain"s strategic interests vis a vis the. Atlantic colonies to 1763: cod fisheries, offshore/bank fishery little or no contact with region inshore fishery, more contact with region leads to permanent settlement. International rivalries: british (west country fishermen, closer to region, dry-cure system. Newfoundland: attracted english migratory fishery, permanent european settlement was very slow (1800, only about 1200 permanent residents, 1730s to 1770s: a number of changes underway, expansion of fisheries (especially inshore, conversion of fisheries from migratory to residentiary. Irish come as labourers: basis of increased settlement comes from dominance of staple import: cod (economics)
