Origins
Subtitle: Canadian history to Confederation
By: R. Douglas Francis ... [et al.].
Edition: 7th ed.
Publisher: Nelson Education
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 518
ISBN-13: 9780176502508
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Textbooks; History; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur; Histoire
Other titles: Canadian history to Confederation
Notes: 1st-6th eds. prepared by R. Douglas Francis, Richard Jones, and Donald B. Smith.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The first people; title: Pt. 1. Early European settlement to 1760 : The arrival of the Europeans ; The beginnings of New France ; The Iroquois, the Hurons, and the French ; Province de France, 1663-1760 ; The Acadians ; The struggle for a continent; title: Pt. 2. Colonial societies in British North America, 1760 to 1815 : The conquest of Quebec, 1760-1774 ; Quebec society in the late eighteenth century ; Maritime society, 1760-1815 ; Upper Canada, 1791-1815 ; The fur trade and the Northwest, 1700-1821; title: Pt. 3. The Canadas, 1815 to the 1860s : Rebellion and change on the St. Lawrence ; Growth and rebellion in Upper Canada ; The union of the Canadas: economic and social developments, 1840-1864; title: Pt. 4. Colonies and Hinterlands, 1815 to 1867 : The Maritime colonies, 1815-1864 ; Newfoundland: the land apart ; The Northwest ; The Pacific Coast; title: Pt. 5. Toward confederation : The road to confederation.