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It is not possible to understand the current political situation of Québec and the reasons for the existence of its strong independence movement without a solid knowledge of its history.  
It is not possible to understand the current political situation of Québec and the reasons for the existence of its strong independence movement without a solid knowledge of its history.  


Real history is made of out a countless number of events. No historian ever intended nor was ever expected to enumerate and explain them in totality. When talking about the history of a given human community, a number of events must be selected and interpreted to make up a "story" with a beginning, a progression, and some sort of a conclusion. All over the world, in the past and in the present, patriotism and political leanings has weighted a great deal in the selection and interpretation of the events making up the tale of "national history". There is no exception for Canada or Quebec.
Real history is made out of a countless number of events. No historian ever intended nor was ever expected to enumerate and explain them in totality. When writing about the history of a given human community, a number of events must be selected and interpreted to make up a "story" with a beginning, a progression, and some sort of a conclusion. All over the world, in the past and in the present, patriotism and political leanings have weighted a great deal in the selection and interpretation of the events making up the tale of "national history". There is no exception for Canada or Quebec.


Many English language resources you will find on the Internet (type "Canada" or "Canadian" and "History" in Google) present a very superficial overview of Canadian history as it is understood and promoted by Canadian nationalists and Unionists who defend the point of view suitable to the purpose of the political power in Ottawa, even when it is morally wrong and/or supported by logically flawed arguments and/or factually incorrect assertions. In fiction, nobody expects a tale to be written following an unbiased and scientific collection of evidence. In the writing of human history, the national fairy tales taught in schools are too often closer to fiction than non-fiction.
Many English language resources you will find on the Internet (type "Canada" or "Canadian" and "History" in Google) present a very superficial overview of Canadian history as it is understood and promoted by Canadian nationalists and Unionists who defend the point of view suitable to the purpose of the political power in Ottawa, even when this point of view is morally wrong and/or supported by logically flawed arguments and/or factually incorrect assertions. In fiction, nobody expects a tale to be written using an unbiased and scientific collection of facts as sole material. In the writing of human history, the national fairy tales taught in schools are too often closer to fiction than non-fiction.


In the view of a certain minority of interested individuals and their paid or fooled followers, it was decided that "modern" Canada was born with the "confederal" regime of 1867. This is the dominent perspective in Canada. The most important events of the history of Québec (and therefore also Canada) which occurred before 1867 are therefore sketched out in a manner which pays little respect to the important facts necessary to understand the nature of today's conflict between Québec and the federal state of Canada and yesterday's conflict between Québec and the British government.  
To suit the view of a certain minority of interested individuals and their paid or fooled followers, it was decided that "modern" Canada was born with the "confederal" regime of 1867. That is to say when some of the countries that had previously been part of "British North America" were federated in a single new political entity to which the name "Canada" was attached for the first time. This is the dominant perspective in Canada. The most important events of the history of Québec (and therefore also British North America) which occurred before 1867 are therefore sketched out in a manner which pays little respect to the important facts necessary to understand the nature of today's conflict between Québec and the federal State of Canada and yesterday's conflict between Québec and the British government.  


Québec, it is said by these nationalists, is only a province like the others, and it is therefore wrong to suggest the idea and even worst to ask for a special arrangement between Québec and the federal state. The secession of Québec is treason and the equality of provinces is placed above and made in opposition to the equality of nations. But those same people hold the view that Quebec is not a nation, as they have learn from their historians, so there could not exist any good argument following from the premise that Québec is a political nation and was such even before the creation of the federal Dominion of Canada in 1867. In simple terms, their view is the history written by the victor, the one which is not interested in giving an accurate account of the way in which the victories were achieved and the human cost involved in achieving them.
Québec, it is said by these nationalists, is only a province like the others, and it is therefore wrong to suggest the idea and even worst to ask for a special arrangement between Québec and the federal State. The myth says that when the first four British North American Provinces were federated, a new "political" nationality was born, thus putting an end to the "conflict between two races" that until then slowed down the progress and development of British North America for so long.
 
The secession of Québec from this federation, in addition to being immoral because it would promote "ethnic" nationalism, amounts to treason and disloyalty. The political equality of provinces inside the Union is placed above and made in opposition to the principle of the equality of nations on Earth. But those same people hold the view that Quebec is not a legitimate nation, since its nationalism is inherently and demonstrably wrong (not purely political as that of Canada), as they have learned from their historians. Therefore, to them, there could not exist any good argument following from the premise that Québec is in fact a political nation and was such even before the creation of the federal Dominion of Canada in 1867. In simple terms, their view is the history written by the victor, the one which is not interested in giving an accurate account of the way in which the victories were achieved and the human cost involved in achieving them. It nevertheless needs a moral justification as do all imperialisms.


Below is a list of on line English language resources that present elements of the history of Québec in a manner which does not completely make abstraction of, obfuscate, or misrepresent certain facts which the adversaries of the Québec nationalists simply ignore or choose to ignore because they are incompatible with their political preference.
Below is a list of on line English language resources that present elements of the history of Québec in a manner which does not completely make abstraction of, obfuscate, or misrepresent certain facts which the adversaries of the Québec nationalists simply ignore or choose to ignore because they are incompatible with their political preference.


We do not claim these external resources to be free of inaccuracies, errors or partisan opinions. With this page, we only wish to point out some external resources on the history of Québec which are not completely biased in favour of the thesises defended by the federal government and political parties waging war to Québec's nationalists, both the secessionists and the reformists, who, in spite of their disagreement on the best way to end the constitutional crisis of Canada, agree on basic facts and interpretations, such as the national character of Québec society, past and present.
We do not claim these external resources to be free of inaccuracies, errors or partisan opinions. With this page, we only wish to point out some external resources on the history of Québec which are not completely biased in favour of the theses defended by the federal government's agents and political parties waging war to Québec's nationalists, both the secessionists and the reformists, who, in spite of their disagreement on the best way to end the constitutional crisis of Canada, agree on basic facts and interpretations, such as the national character of Québec society, past and present.


Visitors to this site are expected to exercise judgement in order to figure out what is true and what is false and what is a fact and what is a point of view.
Visitors to this site are expected to exercise judgement in order to figure out what is true and what is false and discern what is a fact from what is a point of view.


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* [http://www.republiquelibre.org/cousture/HIST2.HTM 1524-2006: From New France to Modern Québec], by Patrick Couture, in ''Chez Cousture'''s Website
* [http://www.republiquelibre.org/cousture/HIST2.HTM 1524-2006: From New France to Modern Québec], by Patrick Couture, in ''Chez Cousture'''s Website
* [http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/ Quebec History], by Claude Bélanger, history professor at Marianopolis College in Montreal
* [http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/ Quebec History], by Claude Bélanger, history professor at Marianopolis College in Montreal
* [http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/social_sciences/sec_history/lessons/ The History of Quebec and Canada 414 course], what Quebecers learn of the history of Quebec and Canada at age 16
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070120132737/http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/content/curriculum/social_sciences/sec_history/lessons/ The History of Quebec and Canada 414 course], what Quebecers learn of the history of Quebec and Canada at age 16
* [[Wikipedia:Timeline of Quebec history|Timeline of Québec history]] at Wikipedia.org
* [[Wikipedia:Timeline of Quebec history|Timeline of Québec history]] at Wikipedia.org
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* [http://www.republiquelibre.org/cousture/NVFR2.HTM ''New France: 1524-1763''], by Patrick Couture, in ''Chez Cousture'''s Website  
* [http://www.republiquelibre.org/cousture/NVFR2.HTM ''New France: 1524-1763''], by Patrick Couture, in ''Chez Cousture'''s Website  
* [http://www.civilisations.ca/vmnf/vmnfe.asp ''Virtual Museum of New France''], in Canadian Museum of Civilization
* [http://www.civilisations.ca/vmnf/vmnfe.asp ''Virtual Museum of New France''], in Canadian Museum of Civilization
* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/relations-des-jesuites/ ''The Jesuit Relations and the history of New France''], in Library and Archives Canada
* [http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/lac-bac/jesuit_relations-ef/jesuit-relations/index-e.html ''The Jesuit Relations and the history of New France''], in Library and Archives Canada
* [http://pages.infinit.net/barbeaum/huga/ ''Our Huguenots Ancestors''], by Michel Barbeau, in ''La page de généalogie de Michel Barbeau''
* [http://pages.infinit.net/barbeaum/huga/ ''Our Huguenots Ancestors''], by Michel Barbeau, in ''La page de généalogie de Michel Barbeau''
* [http://basque.unr.edu/09/9.3/9.3.49t/9.3.49.03.NewFrance.htm ''The Basques in New-France''], by Mario Mimeault, Center for Basques Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, Issue 49, 1994b
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20100905160157/http://basque.unr.edu/09/9.3/9.3.49t/9.3.49.03.NewFrance.htm ''The Basques in New-France''], by Mario Mimeault, Center for Basques Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, Issue 49, 1994b
* [http://www.militaryheritage.com/quebec1.htm ''A Soldier's Account of the Campaign on Quebec, 1759''], by Robert Henderson, The Seven Years War Website
* [http://www.militaryheritage.com/quebec1.htm ''A Soldier's Account of the Campaign on Quebec, 1759''], by Robert Henderson, The Seven Years War Website


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* [http://www.republiquelibre.org/cousture/BAS2.HTM ''Lower Canada and the British Regime''], by Patrick Couture
* [http://www.republiquelibre.org/cousture/BAS2.HTM ''Lower Canada and the British Regime''], by Patrick Couture
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress%27_Own Congress' Own Regiment - 1775-1783] in Wikipedia (on the role Quebecers played during the American Revolution]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress%27_Own Congress' Own Regiment - 1775-1783] in Wikipedia (on the role Quebecers played during the American Revolution]
* [http://www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Ythanout/Canadians.htm ''The Canadians who fought at Yorktown''], by Matthew_Fraas, Colonial National Historical Park, 2004
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070810153213rn_2/www.nps.gov/archive/colo/Ythanout/Canadians.htm ''The Canadians who fought at Yorktown''], by Matthew Fraas, Colonial National Historical Park, 2004
* The [[Notes of Alexis de Tocqueville in Lower Canada|notes]] of taken by Alexis de Tocqueville in Lower Canada in 1831
* The [[Notes of Alexis de Tocqueville in Lower Canada|notes]] of taken by Alexis de Tocqueville in Lower Canada in 1831
* [http://www.edunetconnect.com/cat/rebellions/ The 1837 Rebellions] on EduNET
* [http://www.edunetconnect.com/cat/rebellions/ The 1837 Rebellions] on EduNET
* [http://www.sonic.net/~buscador/quebec.htm Civil War in Lower Canada], Intermountain History Group
* [http://www.sonic.net/~buscador/quebec.htm Civil War in Lower Canada], Intermountain History Group
* [http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/docs/union/ Documents on the Proposed Union of Upper and Lower Canada (1822)], by Claude Bélanger
* [http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/docs/union/ Documents on the Proposed Union of Upper and Lower Canada (1822)], by Claude Bélanger
* [http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/docs/durham/ Report on the Affairs of British North America]
* [http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/docs/durham/ Report on the Affairs of British North America]


====Federal Dominion (1867 - 1931)====
====Federal Dominion (1867 - 1931)====


* [http://www.republiquelibre.org/cousture/QUEB2.HTM Province of Québec], by Patrick Couture
* [http://www.republiquelibre.org/cousture/QUEB2.HTM Province of Québec], by Patrick Couture
* [http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/readings/queconf.htm Québec and the Confederation Project], by Claude Bélanger
* [http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/readings/queconf.htm Québec and the Confederation Project], by Claude Bélanger
* [http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/readings/fedelect.htm Québec and Federal Elections], by Claude Bélanger
* [http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/readings/fedelect.htm Québec and Federal Elections], by Claude Bélanger
* [http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/readings/fedelect.htm Confederation Debates and Provincial Autonomy], by Claude Bélanger
* [http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/readings/fedelect.htm Confederation Debates and Provincial Autonomy], by Claude Bélanger
* [http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/docs/views/ How Others Have Viewed French Canadians and Quebec], by Claude Bélanger
* [http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/docs/views/ How Others Have Viewed French Canadians and Quebec], by Claude Bélanger


===Federal Dominion rule (1931 - Now)===
===Federal Dominion rule (1931 - Now)===
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* [http://www.republiquelibre.org/cousture/QUEBEC2.HTM History of Modern Québec], by Patrick Couture
* [http://www.republiquelibre.org/cousture/QUEBEC2.HTM History of Modern Québec], by Patrick Couture
* [http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/events/quiet.htm The Quiet Revolution], by Claude Bélanger
* [http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/events/quiet.htm The Quiet Revolution], by Claude Bélanger
* [http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/readings/lesage.htm Jean Lesage and the Quiet Revolution (1960-1966)], Claude Bélanger
* [http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/readings/lesage.htm Jean Lesage and the Quiet Revolution (1960-1966)], Claude Bélanger
* [http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/chronos/october.htm Chronology of the October Crisis, 1970, and its Aftermath], by Claude Bélanger
* [http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/chronos/october.htm Chronology of the October Crisis, 1970, and its Aftermath], by Claude Bélanger
* [http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/docs/october/index.htm Documents on the October Crisis]
* [http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/docs/october/index.htm Documents on the October Crisis]
* Read the section dedicated to Québec [[studies]]
* Read the section dedicated to Québec [[studies]]


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====Franco-American====
====Franco-American====


* [http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/frncdns/default.htm Franco-American History Resources], Marianopolis College
* [http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/frncdns/default.htm Franco-American History Resources], Marianopolis College
* [http://www.wakingupfrench.com/about.shtm Revéil - Waking Up French], The Repression and Renaissance of the French in New England, a documentary film by Ben Levine
* [http://www.wakingupfrench.com/about.shtm Revéil - Waking Up French], The Repression and Renaissance of the French in New England, a documentary film by Ben Levine


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* John Francis Maguire, [http://www.libraryireland.com/Maguire/V-1.php ''Chapter V - The Irish in Quebec''], in The Irish in America, 1868
* John Francis Maguire, [http://www.libraryireland.com/Maguire/V-1.php ''Chapter V - The Irish in Quebec''], in The Irish in America, 1868
* John Francis Maguire, [http://www.libraryireland.com/Maguire/VIII-1.php ''Chapter VIII - Quarantine for the Irish at at Grosse Isle''], in The Irish in America, 1868
* John Francis Maguire, [http://www.libraryireland.com/Maguire/VIII-1.php ''Chapter VIII - Quarantine for the Irish at at Grosse Isle''], in The Irish in America, 1868
* J.A Jordan, [http://www.archive.org/details/grosseisletraged00jorduoft ''The Grosse-Isle Tragedy and the Monument to the Irish fever victims, 1847 (1909)'']
* Mary Finnegan, [http://www.umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_pauls/ccha/Back%20Issues/CCHA1985/Finnegan.htm ''Irish-French Relations in Lower Canada''], in Historical Studies, volume 52, Canadian Catholic Historical Association, 1985, pages 35-49


====Scottish immigration====
====Scottish immigration====
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===Legal institutions===
===Legal institutions===


* [http://www.hst.ulaval.ca/Profs/Dfyson/Legis.htm ''A Guide to legislation in pre-confederation Quebec and Lower Canada''] by Donald Fyson
* [http://www.profs.hst.ulaval.ca/Dfyson/Legis.htm ''A Guide to legislation in pre-confederation Quebec and Lower Canada''] by Donald Fyson


===Independence movements in History===
===Independence movements in History===
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* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4213 ''The Founder of New France : A chronicle of Champlain''] by Charles William Colby
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4213 ''The Founder of New France : A chronicle of Champlain''] by Charles William Colby
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5146 ''The Fighting Governer : A Chronicle of Frontenac''] by Charles William Colby
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5146 ''The Fighting Governer : A Chronicle of Frontenac''] by Charles William Colby
* http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2735
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4388 ''The Jesuit Missions : A chronicle of the cross in the wilderness''] by Thomas Guthrie Marquis
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4388 ''The Jesuit Missions : A chronicle of the cross in the wilderness''] by Thomas Guthrie Marquis
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15522 ''The War Chief of the Ottawas : A chronicle of the Pontiac war''] by Thomas Guthrie Marquis
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15522 ''The War Chief of the Ottawas : A chronicle of the Pontiac war''] by Thomas Guthrie Marquis
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* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14517 ''Montcalm and Wolfe''] by Francis Parkman
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14517 ''Montcalm and Wolfe''] by Francis Parkman
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3721 ''Pioneers of France in the New World''] by Francis Parkman
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3721 ''Pioneers of France in the New World''] by Francis Parkman
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6913 Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson] by Peter Esprit Radisson
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6913 ''Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson''] by Peter Esprit Radisson
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6874 ''Canada and the States''] by E. W. Watkin
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6874 ''Canada and the States''] by E. W. Watkin
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3092 ''The Conquest of New France''] by George McKinnon Wrong
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3092 ''The Conquest of New France''] by George McKinnon Wrong
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* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14582 ''The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812''] by William Wood
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14582 ''The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812''] by William Wood
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8728 ''The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolf''] by William Wood
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8728 ''The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolf''] by William Wood
* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Christie%2C%20Robert%2C%201788-1856%22 ''A history of the late province of Lower Canada''] by Robert Christie
* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Sulte%2C%20Benjamin%2C%201841-1923%22 ''A history of Quebec, its resources and people''] by Benjamin Sulte
* [http://www.archive.org/details/truespiritofqueb00gouiuoft The true spirit of Quebec; Sir Lomer Gouin's speech on the francoeur motion. Translated from the French version for the Unity Publicity Bureau (1918)]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/memsiegeofquebec00bourrich Memoirs of the siege of Quebec, capital of all Canada, and of the retreat of Monsieur de Bourlemaque, from Carillon to the Isle aux Noix in Lake Champlain.] by Richard Gardiner
* [http://www.archive.org/details/blockadeofquebec00liteuoft Blockade of Quebec in 1775-1776 by the American revolutionists (les Bastonnais) (1905-1906)], Literary and Historical Society of Quebec
* [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Maseres%2C%20Francis%2C%201731-1824%22 The Canadian freeholder: in three dialogues between an Englishman and a Frenchman, settled in Canada. Shewing the sentiments of the bulk of the freeholders of Canada concerning the late Quebec-act;], by Francis Maseres
* [http://www.archive.org/details/myfrenchcanadian00fairuoft My French Canadian neighbours and other sketches (1916)] Fairchild, Q
* [http://www.archive.org/details/jeanbaptistetohi00bartuoft Jean-Baptiste to his Anglo-Canadian brother; an open letter (1917)] by Ulric Barthe
* [http://www.archive.org/details/colonyofmigr00textuoft A colony of émigrés in Canada, 1798-1816 (1905])] by Lucy Elizabeth Textor
* [http://www.archive.org/details/clashstudyinnati00mooruoft The clash! : a study in nationalities (1918)] by William Henry Moore


=== Journals of the Parliament of Lower Canada ===
=== Journals of the Parliament of Lower Canada ===

Latest revision as of 14:19, 3 October 2011

It is not possible to understand the current political situation of Québec and the reasons for the existence of its strong independence movement without a solid knowledge of its history.

Real history is made out of a countless number of events. No historian ever intended nor was ever expected to enumerate and explain them in totality. When writing about the history of a given human community, a number of events must be selected and interpreted to make up a "story" with a beginning, a progression, and some sort of a conclusion. All over the world, in the past and in the present, patriotism and political leanings have weighted a great deal in the selection and interpretation of the events making up the tale of "national history". There is no exception for Canada or Quebec.

Many English language resources you will find on the Internet (type "Canada" or "Canadian" and "History" in Google) present a very superficial overview of Canadian history as it is understood and promoted by Canadian nationalists and Unionists who defend the point of view suitable to the purpose of the political power in Ottawa, even when this point of view is morally wrong and/or supported by logically flawed arguments and/or factually incorrect assertions. In fiction, nobody expects a tale to be written using an unbiased and scientific collection of facts as sole material. In the writing of human history, the national fairy tales taught in schools are too often closer to fiction than non-fiction.

To suit the view of a certain minority of interested individuals and their paid or fooled followers, it was decided that "modern" Canada was born with the "confederal" regime of 1867. That is to say when some of the countries that had previously been part of "British North America" were federated in a single new political entity to which the name "Canada" was attached for the first time. This is the dominant perspective in Canada. The most important events of the history of Québec (and therefore also British North America) which occurred before 1867 are therefore sketched out in a manner which pays little respect to the important facts necessary to understand the nature of today's conflict between Québec and the federal State of Canada and yesterday's conflict between Québec and the British government.

Québec, it is said by these nationalists, is only a province like the others, and it is therefore wrong to suggest the idea and even worst to ask for a special arrangement between Québec and the federal State. The myth says that when the first four British North American Provinces were federated, a new "political" nationality was born, thus putting an end to the "conflict between two races" that until then slowed down the progress and development of British North America for so long.

The secession of Québec from this federation, in addition to being immoral because it would promote "ethnic" nationalism, amounts to treason and disloyalty. The political equality of provinces inside the Union is placed above and made in opposition to the principle of the equality of nations on Earth. But those same people hold the view that Quebec is not a legitimate nation, since its nationalism is inherently and demonstrably wrong (not purely political as that of Canada), as they have learned from their historians. Therefore, to them, there could not exist any good argument following from the premise that Québec is in fact a political nation and was such even before the creation of the federal Dominion of Canada in 1867. In simple terms, their view is the history written by the victor, the one which is not interested in giving an accurate account of the way in which the victories were achieved and the human cost involved in achieving them. It nevertheless needs a moral justification as do all imperialisms.

Below is a list of on line English language resources that present elements of the history of Québec in a manner which does not completely make abstraction of, obfuscate, or misrepresent certain facts which the adversaries of the Québec nationalists simply ignore or choose to ignore because they are incompatible with their political preference.

We do not claim these external resources to be free of inaccuracies, errors or partisan opinions. With this page, we only wish to point out some external resources on the history of Québec which are not completely biased in favour of the theses defended by the federal government's agents and political parties waging war to Québec's nationalists, both the secessionists and the reformists, who, in spite of their disagreement on the best way to end the constitutional crisis of Canada, agree on basic facts and interpretations, such as the national character of Québec society, past and present.

Visitors to this site are expected to exercise judgement in order to figure out what is true and what is false and discern what is a fact from what is a point of view.


History of Québec

General

Before European colonization (- to 1534)

French rule (1534-1760)

British rule (1760-1931)

Federal Dominion (1867 - 1931)

Federal Dominion rule (1931 - Now)

This history of modern Québec is still being written right now. As one can imagine, much remains to be studied and analyzed.

Diaspora

Franco-American

Franco-Ontarian

Amerindian & Inuit

Black community

Immigration

French immigration

Acadian immigration

Irish immigration

Scottish immigration

English immigration

  • Patrick A. Dunae, English, The Canadian Encyclopedia

American immigration

Jewish immigration

German immigration

Historical figures

Quebec French

Quebec French is a variety of the French language that came to be distinct from the French of France in essentially the same way in which the English of America came to be distinct from the English of England.

Political institutions

From the web site of the Directeur des élections du Québec (Chief electoral officer of Québec):

Warning : the word "democracy" is used liberally here to refer to the elective institutions of Québec in general.

Legal institutions

Independence movements in History

History of the Acadians

History of the Métis

History of imperialism

Genealogy

From the Archives


Journals of the Parliament of Lower Canada

See also

In this site

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