New France 1745 and Lower Canada 1820

1745

1820

• From a bay to a gulf
• Clearing the land: arriving on a seigneury
• 55 000 people

• Lower Canada
• Upper Canada
• The Canadas
• We have 375,000 people

•  Marguerite Bourgeoys
• Gilles Hocquart
• Monseigneur Laval
• Frontenac
• René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle
• Jean Talon

• William Price
• Louis-Joseph Papineau
• Philippe Aubert de Gaspé
• John Molson
• The first British governors

• Les Filles du roi
• Religious communities
• The Coureurs de bois
• Seigneurs and censitaires 1745
• Native people 1745
• Military and militiamen
• Slaves

• The clergy in 1820
• Traders in 1820
• The Loyalists
• The political leaders
• The Native people

• Entertainment for the rich
• Living with the seasons on a seigneury
• What’s to eat in 1745?
• To each his chores
• The 1745 village
• Time to eat!
• Going to town
• Home makes the man

• Life on the farm
• Let’s eat!
• Living in the city
• Time for fun and celebration
• Farmer, voyageur or craftsman?
• Fashion in Lower Canada
• Building a home in 1820

• French or Canadian?
• The village church
• The arts in New France
• Feasting and celebrating in New France

• Artists who entertain us
• A life marked by religion
• French for friends, English for business

• Farming 1745
• Big industry
• The market, a place for buying and selling
• Cottage industries
• The town economy
• Triangular trade

• The timber trade
• Farming isn’t always easy!
• There are industries too
• Doing trade

• Who does what in the government?

• I can vote, but you can’t!
• A colony with a parliament
• The functioning of the parliament

• We need email in New France!
• The paths that walk
• Before planes, trains and automobiles…
• The Chemin du Roy

• The Quebec Gazette
• Long live the steamboat!
• Travelling made easier by the Lachine Canal
• Awaiting the railway…