Canadian History for Dummies [2 ed.] 0470836563, 9780470836569

Table of contents :
Canadian History For Dummies®, 2nd Edition
Contents at a Glance
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Icons Used In This Book
Part I: When Worlds Collide
Chapter 1: First Nations
Slow Collision
People of the Longhouse
People of the North Woods
People of the Plains
People of the Pacific Northwest
Caught in Between: People of the Plateau
People of the Far North
Chapter 2: First Contact
The Vikings
The Diffusionists Are Coming!
The Three Big C’s
The Quest for a Northwest Passage
Rule Britannia! An Empire Founded by Fog?
The Beothuk
Part II: The Rise of New France (1608–1701)
Chapter 3: The Early Years
Life and Times of Samuel Champlain
Black Robes
Meanwhile, Back in Acadia . . .
Chapter 4: Life in New France
Of Myth and Men: The Battle of Long Sault
A Royal Province
Feudalism: Canadien style
Church and State
Chapter 5: The Fur Wars
A Northern Shortcut
Company of the North
A Tale of Two Travellers
Return of the Iroquois
Phips and Frontenac
Iberville the Swashbuckler
Peace at Last?
Part III: The Fall of New France (1701–1766)
Chapter 6: Acadia
The Final Conquest of Acadia
Louisbourg
Acadia: The Golden Years
Cold War in Acadia
The Expulsion of the Acadians
The Return of the Acadians
Chapter 7: The Conquest
The Shooting Starts
The Fall of Louisbourg
1759: The Battle for Québec
Endgame
Chapter 8: Aftermath
Canada under British Military Rule
1763: The Treaty of Paris
The Pontiac Rebellion
The Royal Proclamation
Canada under Civil Rule
Part IV: Canada: The Failed Republic? (1766–1838)
Chapter 9: Canada and the American Revolution
The Pot Boils Over
1775: The Invasion of Canada
Nova Scotia: The Fourteenth Colony?
A Tale of Two Islands
The Loyalists
Upper Canada Is Created
Into the Interior
On the Pacific Coast
Chapter 10: The War of 1812
The Lead-up to War
The War in Upper Canada
The War in Lower Canada
Along the Seacoast
So Who Won?
Lord Selkirk and the Pemmican Wars
Chapter 11: The Rebellions of 1837
NWC + HBC = Monopoly
Lead-up to Rebellion
The Rebellion in Lower Canada
The Rebellion in Upper Canada
So What Was the Point?
Part V: The Roads to Confederation (1838–1891)
Chapter 12: The Fight for Responsible Government
Lord Durham: Mission Impossible
Triumph of the Moderates
Gold Colony: British Columbia Is Born
Chapter 13: The Confederation Waltz
Causes of Confederation
Blueprint for a Nation
Reaction and Resistance
The Fathers of Confederation
Chapter 14: From Sea to Sea
Growing Pains
The Return of John A.
The North-West Rebellion
John A.’s Last Campaign
Part VI: The End of “English” Canada (1891–1929)
Chapter 15: “Sunny Ways”: The Laurier Years
Laurier: Re-Inventing Canada
Klondike Gold
Canada and the Empire
Chapter 16: Borden and the Great War
Marching Off to War
The Conscription Crisis
Canada’s 100 Days
Canada and the Empire: Revised
Chapter 17: On the Homefront
The Labour Movement
The Women’s Movement
King the Conciliator
Pier 21
Part VII: Dark Days (1929–1959)
Chapter 18: The Dirty Thirties
The Great Depression
Political Upheaval
Chapter 19: World War II
On the Battlefield
On the Homefront
Chapter 20: Canada and the Cold War
The Post-War Years
Canada as a Middle Power
Diefenbaker: Renegade in Power
Part VIII: Noisy Evolution (1960–1993)
Chapter 21: The Battle for Québec
The Quiet Revolution
Pearson: Peacemaker as PM
The Philosopher King
The Berger Commission
Chapter 22: A Charter Country
Round Two
The Trudeau Legacy
Chapter 23: “Yankee Doodle Dandy”: The Mulroney Years
“Canada Is Open for Business!”
On a World Stage
Native Land Claims
The Constitutional Can of Worms
The West Wants In and the East Wants Out
RCAP and the Shoot-out at the Oka Corral
The Voter Revolt of 1993
The Mulroney Legacy
Part IX: Toward a One-Party Rule (1993–2005)
Chapter 24: The Chrétien Era
The End of Canada?
NAFTA: From Eaton’s to Wal-Mart?
Native Settlements in the 1990s
APEC and the Pepper Spray
Hard Right: The Canadian Alliance
Road Kill: The 2000 Election — and Its Aftermath
September 11 and after
Chapter 25: Junior Martin Takes Over
Paul Martin’s Coup d’État
The Romanow Report — and after
Scary Days
The Right Unites
The Sponsorship Scandal
Minority Report: The 2004 Election
Native Issues
Soviet Canuckistan?
Stayin’ Alive
Part X: The Part of Tens
Chapter 26: Ten Great Canadian Quotations — Pre- and Post-Confederation
Chapter 27: Five Important English and French Pairs
Chapter 28: Ten Important Aboriginal Leaders
Chapter 29: Ten Political Firsts for Canadian Women
Chapter 30: The Ten Prime Ministers You Need to Know
Appendix: Online Resources
Index

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