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Grade 12, University Preparation
THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 11 AND 12 | Canadian and World Studies
B1.4 assess the significance, for different groups of people, of some key political events and developments in Canada prior to 1774 (e.g.,
the impact of the Iroquois Confederacy on various First Nations, the impact that the establishment of Royal Government in New France had on the Jesuits, habitants, the Haudenosaunee, and/or the Company of One Hundred Associates; the impact that the conflicts between France and Britain had on colonial families, First Nations communities, and/or French settlements)
Sample questions: “What impact did the Treaty of Paris have on colonial Canada? Who was most greatly affected by it?” “What was the significance of the Quebec Act for the protection of French-Canadian culture? What is the signifi- cance of this act for the development of identity among French Canadians? For a national Canadian identity?”
B2. Interactions and Interdependence
FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Continuity and Change
By the end of this course, students will:
B2.1 analyse the roles of various groups in colonial Canada prior to 1774 (e.g., Cree trappers and guides, First Nations and Acadian farmers, French and British soldiers, Haudenosaunee and Wendat warriors, First Nations healers and shamans, coureurs de bois, habitants, seigneurs, intendants, merchants, slaves, Ursulines, Jesuit missionaries, the Filles du Roi) and how they contributed to the development of Canada
Sample questions: “What were the responsibil- ities of censitaires and the seigneur on a seigneurie?” “What impact did the relationship between French traders and explorers and Cree trappers, traders, and guides have on the development of Canada?” “How important was the role of the Filles du Roi in establishing a viable colonial settlement in New France?”
B2.2 analyse how different factors affected relations between Aboriginal peoples and European settlers in colonial Canada prior to 1774 (e.g., with reference to military alliances, fur trade
partnerships, the exchange of knowledge and technology, the work of missionaries, the impact of European diseases on Aboriginal populations,
intermarriage, increasing European settlement and the location of those settlements, Europeans’ sense of superiority to Aboriginal peoples, colonial policies such as treaties and land grants)
Sample questions: “What effects did land grants and expanding European settlement have on various Aboriginal communities? When you look at the changes to Aboriginal communities that resulted from European settlements, which were the most profound? Who was most greatly affected? Why?”
B2.3 analyse how conflict between the French and British in colonial Canada prior to 1774 affected the development of Canada, including the development of identity in Canada (e.g., with reference to shifts in power that resulted from the Seven Years’ War, the significance of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham for both the French and
the British, conflict between Acadians and British authorities, resistance to British administration in Quebec after the Conquest)
Sample questions: “What role did imperial rivalries play in the conflict between the British and the Acadians? What were the short- and long-term consequences of the expulsion for the Acadians and for the development of identity in Canada? Do you think that the expulsion
of the Acadians should be viewed as cultural genocide? Why or why not?”
B2.4 describe the involvement of First Nations in various military conflicts in Canada prior to 1774 (e.g., warfare between First Nations prior to European contact, the Iroquois and French Wars, the Seven Years’ War, Pontiac’s Rebellion), and analyse the causes and consequences of this involvement (e.g., causes: competition over
land and resources; colonial rivalries between French, English, and Dutch powers and their Native allies; Native discontent with colonial policies; consequences: the introduction of new weapons to First Nations; loss of Native territory; heightened rivalries among First Nations; the
Royal Proclamation of 1763)
Sample questions: “What was the most significant factor contributing to the destruction of the Wendat Confederacy?” “In what ways does the loss of Native territory during this time continue to affect the relationship between First Nations communities and governments
in Canada today?”
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