Canadian And French Relations

Part I of Essay
Throughout the ages, many colonies of earlier empires have arisen from their colonial status to become their own country. For many of these, such as the United States, French Indochina and many African nations, their was a common culture which served as a base for uniting ....

Part II of Essay
.... of the leading French Canadian politicians of the day. In French Canada around the period of confederacy, their were two main political parties, the bleus and the rouges. In the 1860's, the leading French Canadian party was the conservative bleu party. This party, had the largest bloc of French Canadian legislative seats in parliament.1 The leader of this party at the time that confederacy was being debated by leading Canadian politicians was George Etienne Cartier. Cartier was born in 1814,2 and his grandfather had b ....