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inst203 unit3 Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
How, according to Olive Dickason, have historians, especially Quebec
historians, determined that métissage did not lead to the emergence of a "New
Nation" in Northeast Canada? (Dickason, pp. 20-21) Answer: Marcel Trudel
acknowledges métissage occurrence, but rare since produced bad quality
offspring.
Emile Salone said intermarriages were influenced negatively by missionaries.
Consequences of intermarriages, metis children were left to the tribe, lost to the
colony
Pure, white and good on top, impure, black and bad on bottom. Therefore,
should be no interest in indigenous peoples or mixed children. In practice,
fathers had interest in mixed children and wanted them to carry on family
businesses.
France supported "one race" ideals.
West: contact was later and French ideals weren't prevalent therefore new
nation emerged easier
What was the policy of the Company of New France on the assimilation or
"Frenchification" of Indigenous people? (Dickason, p. 22) Answer: Send a few
French people over so that homeland wasn't depopulated. Intermarriage with
the "savages" and lead them to faith. The children could then move to France
and acquire French property and live like they were born there. Populate
homeland after black death
What was marriage à la façon du pays? What was the attitude of the church in
New France to such marriages? (Dickason, pp. 22-23) Answer: Marriage
outside of the church. Unbaptized indigenous and children
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Frenchmen became savages by living with them. Needed to baptize them all to
prevent it
What social and economic benefits resulted from intermarriage for
Amerindians and the French in Acadia during the fur trade period? (Dickason,
pp. 23-24) Answer: Created a workforce. Hardy children
Creates alliances with indigenous ppls
Indigenous wives brought survival skills. French husbands understood
economic system
What political and military benefits did the French derive from métissage in
Acadia? (Dickason, pp. 25-27) Answer: Dowery was given when married
Indigenous females. Alliances with indigenous groups
Family became interpreters for the military, important role.
Cooperation between indigenous and French, better for the fur trade
Why did missionaries in Acadia encourage intermarriage between Amerindians
and the French? (Dickason, p. 27) Answer: Wanted to systematically
Christianise all of the Indigenous population
Which region of North America is referred to as the "Old Northwest"?
(Dickason, pp. 28 and 30) Answer: Area of great lakes and ohio valley
Why was it that the métis of the Old Northwest did not emerge as a "New
Nation"? (Dickason, p. 30) Answer: Mixed people would claim themselves as
French, would not usually identify themselves as mixed, did not advantage
them to do so
Eventually, more and more became to call themselves metis but didn't take the
step as a new nation due to the rush of settlement, drowned them out
Discuss the circumstances that favoured the emergence of a New Nation in the
region of Canada referred to as the "Far Northwest." (Dickason, pp. 30-31)
inst203 unit3 Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
How, according to Olive Dickason, have historians, especially Quebec
historians, determined that métissage did not lead to the emergence of a "New
Nation" in Northeast Canada? (Dickason, pp. 20-21) Answer: Marcel Trudel
acknowledges métissage occurrence, but rare since produced bad quality
offspring.
Emile Salone said intermarriages were influenced negatively by missionaries.
Consequences of intermarriages, metis children were left to the tribe, lost to the
colony
Pure, white and good on top, impure, black and bad on bottom. Therefore,
should be no interest in indigenous peoples or mixed children. In practice,
fathers had interest in mixed children and wanted them to carry on family
businesses.
France supported "one race" ideals.
West: contact was later and French ideals weren't prevalent therefore new
nation emerged easier
What was the policy of the Company of New France on the assimilation or
"Frenchification" of Indigenous people? (Dickason, p. 22) Answer: Send a few
French people over so that homeland wasn't depopulated. Intermarriage with
the "savages" and lead them to faith. The children could then move to France
and acquire French property and live like they were born there. Populate
homeland after black death
What was marriage à la façon du pays? What was the attitude of the church in
New France to such marriages? (Dickason, pp. 22-23) Answer: Marriage
outside of the church. Unbaptized indigenous and children
, 2
Frenchmen became savages by living with them. Needed to baptize them all to
prevent it
What social and economic benefits resulted from intermarriage for
Amerindians and the French in Acadia during the fur trade period? (Dickason,
pp. 23-24) Answer: Created a workforce. Hardy children
Creates alliances with indigenous ppls
Indigenous wives brought survival skills. French husbands understood
economic system
What political and military benefits did the French derive from métissage in
Acadia? (Dickason, pp. 25-27) Answer: Dowery was given when married
Indigenous females. Alliances with indigenous groups
Family became interpreters for the military, important role.
Cooperation between indigenous and French, better for the fur trade
Why did missionaries in Acadia encourage intermarriage between Amerindians
and the French? (Dickason, p. 27) Answer: Wanted to systematically
Christianise all of the Indigenous population
Which region of North America is referred to as the "Old Northwest"?
(Dickason, pp. 28 and 30) Answer: Area of great lakes and ohio valley
Why was it that the métis of the Old Northwest did not emerge as a "New
Nation"? (Dickason, p. 30) Answer: Mixed people would claim themselves as
French, would not usually identify themselves as mixed, did not advantage
them to do so
Eventually, more and more became to call themselves metis but didn't take the
step as a new nation due to the rush of settlement, drowned them out
Discuss the circumstances that favoured the emergence of a New Nation in the
region of Canada referred to as the "Far Northwest." (Dickason, pp. 30-31)
