It has been a long year, but we are finally onto the last assignment. There have been many assignments but it now comes down to the final one. This final involves the whole unit that we have been doing in humanities. Our unit has been on the greatest moments of history in Canada. Their are a lot of great moments that have happened in Canadas history. One of the most famous is the CPR, because it is still around today, but I have chosen a different moment to be the greatest moment in Canadas history. I have chosen the battle which took place on the Plains of Abraham.
The battle of the plains of Abraham was the deciding factor of whether Canada was going to be mainly British or mainly French, unless you have been living under a rock you should know that British won, of course that meant Canada would become mainly Quebec being the only French Canadian part of Canada. Great Britain were more able to send resources becuase France were already focusing on The West Indies, and most importantly Great Britain got more money along with the resources.
Another thing that happened from the battle was, Britain took control of the St. Lawrence seaway. That made it so they took control of the Shipping industry, and controlled most of the fur trade. They also basically controlled the gateway to canada. That allowed people to immigrate to Canada from Britain, they would basically end up farming land wherever they wanted it. That ended up pushing people west towards less explored parts of Canada which had more space. With more people moving west that into BC the gold rush ended up starting.
The British then noticed the invasions of the Americans which then forced The War of 1812. The British gave more troops to North America than France would because France was focused on The West Indies, which I have already mentioned. They then burnt down the whitehouse, and said don’t do it again. For some reason the Americans think they won that war, which in my opinion is insane. Anyways, that meant that Canada was not taken over by the Americans even though Canada wasn’t Canada yet. They were also able to take control of western Canada, which if they didn’t they would not have things like the gold rush because the US would have that. Last but not least that made it so they could confederate all the way over to Vancouver Island, and have the country we know today as Canada. I also did an assignment on life after the Seven Years War, which my group wrote a letter that was from the Seigneurs in North America, so this is the letter we wrote.
I also made a mind map that summarizes all of this and how The Battle of the Plains of Abraham made such a big difference in Canadas history.
Oh and heres a funny song I found on the war of 1812 from Canadas perspective. (If you are from USA and are offended easily I don’t recommend watching this eh)