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Clara
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I was doing a project for scial studies, and i was just wondering, what people's opinions are on why canada didn't have as violent a history in the praries as America did ?
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Why didn't Canada have as violent a history in the west as the U.S.?
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DeSaxe
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I believe that the primary differences rest in the manner in the founding’s of the early settlements. The majority people that original settled in Canada, beginning with the French, wanted only to exploit the wealth, and had no real intention of staying. It was an opportunity to get rich then move back to ole Europe a wealthy individual. In contrast the "Pilgrims" intended to stay, to make America there home.
Canada was far less inhabited than the lower colonies; the majority of Canada population rested on the costal Islands, Quebec, and along the St Lawrence River. The original Canadian towns began as trading outpost where merchants would trade with the Indians; the wealth of Canada lied in the fur, & fish trade. The majority of the population gathered the furs through trade with the natives, and not by trapping the furs themselves. This led to the numerous alliances with the natives between the French and British governments, and the various outpost and forts that were set up to exploit and protect this fur trade.
One could consider that the development of Canada was as different and unique as that of the northern US, and Southern US.
The climate in Canada was far harsher, the population far less, and it was travel into the interior of Canada was far more difficult than in the lower colonies. Through the numerous westward rivers and Mississippi it was far easier to travel into the interior of the US than of Canada. Like the US, Canada was also settled first from the eastern coast, then the western coast, then the interior. Canada's interior was really never settles until the Canadian Pacific Railroad linked the halves together.
The ideology, population, climate, and slower pace of development of Canada resulted in a slower competition of land and resources with the Native population as in the history of the US where confrontation was inevitable.
Canada was far less inhabited than the lower colonies; the majority of Canada population rested on the costal Islands, Quebec, and along the St Lawrence River. The original Canadian towns began as trading outpost where merchants would trade with the Indians; the wealth of Canada lied in the fur, & fish trade. The majority of the population gathered the furs through trade with the natives, and not by trapping the furs themselves. This led to the numerous alliances with the natives between the French and British governments, and the various outpost and forts that were set up to exploit and protect this fur trade.
One could consider that the development of Canada was as different and unique as that of the northern US, and Southern US.
The climate in Canada was far harsher, the population far less, and it was travel into the interior of Canada was far more difficult than in the lower colonies. Through the numerous westward rivers and Mississippi it was far easier to travel into the interior of the US than of Canada. Like the US, Canada was also settled first from the eastern coast, then the western coast, then the interior. Canada's interior was really never settles until the Canadian Pacific Railroad linked the halves together.
The ideology, population, climate, and slower pace of development of Canada resulted in a slower competition of land and resources with the Native population as in the history of the US where confrontation was inevitable.
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Drake D
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Do you mean why didn't Canada have a Kernel Custer to have his but whooped?
Canadian history in the prairies has plenty of state violence. Chiefly the formation of the indian schools.
The Dene people had run ins with the "crown" and still today if a European descended person has any respect for an Native North American it is very limited and condescending. Canadians are very prejudiced toward indians and history has been edited to deny any harm done to Native Americans. The relationship is still one of bitterness and jealousy.
Good question. You wonder about stuff that everyone thinks is true. You investigate and you find it isn't true.
Good work.
Canadian history in the prairies has plenty of state violence. Chiefly the formation of the indian schools.
The Dene people had run ins with the "crown" and still today if a European descended person has any respect for an Native North American it is very limited and condescending. Canadians are very prejudiced toward indians and history has been edited to deny any harm done to Native Americans. The relationship is still one of bitterness and jealousy.
Good question. You wonder about stuff that everyone thinks is true. You investigate and you find it isn't true.
Good work.
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greyguy
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Sez who?
The American West of the 1800s was not so violent as it is depicted in popular "history" and film, nor was the Canadian experience all that benign.
For just one example, see the 1879 case of the McLean Brothers-Alex Hare gang which was responsible for the murder of a constable and a farmer in BC. It involves both lawlessness and the unhappy confrontation between Anglos and First Nations.
Or consider the very famous (at the time) Bill Miner, a USA train robber, who for a portion of his long career of crime, did his nefarious deeds in Western Canada.
On the other hand, the "Wild West" of USA folklore is often quite exaggerated.
The American West of the 1800s was not so violent as it is depicted in popular "history" and film, nor was the Canadian experience all that benign.
For just one example, see the 1879 case of the McLean Brothers-Alex Hare gang which was responsible for the murder of a constable and a farmer in BC. It involves both lawlessness and the unhappy confrontation between Anglos and First Nations.
Or consider the very famous (at the time) Bill Miner, a USA train robber, who for a portion of his long career of crime, did his nefarious deeds in Western Canada.
On the other hand, the "Wild West" of USA folklore is often quite exaggerated.