dealt with physical harassment‚ imprisonment‚ banishment‚ and having to forfeit their property due to new legislation. Because of this‚ many loyalists fled to other places within the British Empire‚ like Canada‚ chiefly to Ontario‚ Quebec‚ and Nova Scotia. Others went to more distant places such as Jamaica‚ India‚ the Bahamas‚ and Australia. Of the sixty thousand loyalists who fled‚ only seven thousand returned to England. Jasanoff describes the mass relocation as difficult for most people who had
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The Aborigines Report was an impressive document that encompassed a pattern of unregulated frontier expansion which was disastrous for indigenous people. Britain was emerging as the “workshop of the world” due to its position as a prominent leader in the industrial revolution. The movements of people overseas occurred on an unprecedented scale due to the economic drive to finding new markets. Humanitarian ideology became influential in colonial policy‚ culminating in the release of the Aborigines
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Settlement (the Metis’ land) become the province of Manitoba. He purchased Rupert’s Land from the Hudson’s bay Company. That land became the Northwest Territories. Throughout the 1860’s MacDonald worked to build up Confederation. In 1866‚ New Brunswick‚ Nova Scotia and the province of Canada decided to confederate. Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island didn’t want to yet. The British parliament added British Columbia to Confederation in1871‚ making it the sixth province. MacDonald had to convince them to join
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John’s River in Florida in 1562. In 1564‚ Rene de Laudonniere followed the same path through St. Johns River. Before long the Spanish drove France out Florida. Samuel de Champlain investigated close to the South of Cape Cod and to the north of Nova Scotia and Port Royal. In 1608 he built a fort in Quebec. New France became populated with fishermen and ministers and had few forts and trading posts. Despite the fact French looked to colonize‚ settlement growth became repressed by conflicting policies
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that led to Confederation. Confederation Final Project Paragraph New Brunswick joined Confederation on July 1‚ 1867. New Brunswick was one of the first province/territory to join Confederation along with Nova Scotia and a few other colonies. New Brunswick joined the Confederation because if they joined it‚ Britain would help with funds to build railways to help increase trade‚ it would help New Brunswick defend against the Fenians‚ and since New Brunswick
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the minimum drinking age varies but most are between 18 and 21 years. In Canada‚ this age varies with the region. Alberta‚ Québec‚ and Manitoba have set the minimum age to 18 years whereas in Yukon‚ Ontario‚ New Brunswick‚ Nunavut‚ Saskatchewan‚ Nova Scotia‚ Prince Edward Island‚ Northwest Territories‚ and Newfoundland and Labrador have all set the minimum age limit at 19 years. The minimum drinking age debate has been going on for a long time as different jurisdictions ponder whether to increase the
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bottom sampler. The bottom sampler is like a giant net that goes along the ocean floor picking up particles and specimens. Things like shells and small sea animals are dragged into the net. Day 2 – May1‚ 1873 Right now‚ I and my mates are in the Nova Scotia Gulf Stream. And lucky us‚ we have the whole day off. We have been working exceptionally hard and diligently for months and I do believe this is well due ha-ha! I am going to spend my day off laughing and talking to my ship mates. We will probably
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1. Human population growth prehistoric times to the present…. a. Has slowed considerably over the last 50 years b. Follows an S-shaped curve. c. Has been strongly influenced by density-dependent factors d. Exhibits large oscillation around K e. Roughly fits an exponential curve 2. The experimental design used in the Ribeiroia limb abnormality study ensured that the individuals handling the tadpoles‚ examining the adult frogs and compiling the data did not know which treatment (if any)
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I learned that Bishop excels at taking the mundane and transforming it to something beautiful. Her poems are so beautifully written that one does not merely read her poetry‚ instead one can see her subject matter right in front of them. It would be easy to dismiss Bishop’s poetry as merely a descriptive look at the routine but Bishop’s poetry all holds a deeper meaning that really only becomes apparent when you look at Bishop’s own life. After losing her father at an early age and her mother’s institutionalization
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