Research Catalog

Title

Origins : Canadian history to Confederation / R. Douglas Francis, Richard Jones, Donald B. Smith.

Author

Francis, R. D. (R. Douglas), 1944-

Publication

Toronto : Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, c1988.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Jones, Richard, 1943-
• Smith, Donald B.

Description

xv, 410 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Canada > History > To 1763
• Canada > History > 1763-1867

Note

• Companion volume to: Destinies : Canadian history since Confederation.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The first Canadians -- The Europeans' arrival -- The beginnings of New France -- The resistance of the Iroquois -- Province de France -- The Anglo-French struggle for a continent -- The Acadians -- Nova Scotia and the American Revolution -- The aftermath of the conquest in Quebec, 1760-74 -- The impact of the American Revolution on Quebec, 1774-91 -- Britain's first inland colony, upper Canada, 1791-1815 -- Upper Canada, 1815-40: an immigrant society -- Rebellion on the St. Lawrence -- The union of the Canadas: political developments, 1840-64 -- Union of the Canadas: economic and social developments, 1840-64 -- The maritime colonies, 1785-1864 -- Newfoundland to the 1860s -- The Northwest to the 1860s -- The Pacific coast to the 1860s -- The road to Confederation.

Call Number

JFE 11-3119

ISBN

• 0039217051
• 9780039217051

OCLC

16577780

Author

Francis, R. D. (R. Douglas), 1944-

Title

Origins : Canadian history to Confederation / R. Douglas Francis, Richard Jones, Donald B. Smith.

Imprint

Toronto : Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, c1988.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Jones, Richard, 1943-

Smith, Donald B.

Research Call Number

JFE 11-3119