History

It is not possible to understand the current political situation of Québec without a solid knowledge of its history. 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 Anglophone Canadian nationalists. In their view is implied the notion that "modern" Canada was born with the "confederal" regime of 1867. As for Québec, it is only a province just like the others!

History of Québec

French rule (1524-1760)

• New France
• Images from the Turn of a Century 1760-1840
• Questia Library: New France
• Virtual Museum of New France
• The Jesuit Relations
• Our Huguenots Ancestors
• The Basques in New-France
• A Soldier's Account of the Campaign on Quebec, 1759
• Questia Library: French and Indian War

British rule (1760-1931)

• Terminology and Population
• Quebec Under British Rule
• Royal Proclamation 1763
• Quebec Act 1774
• Constitutional Act 1791
• Notes of Alexis de Tocqueville in Lower Canada
• The 1837 Rebellions
• Civil War in Lower Canada
• 15 February 1839 Execution (PDF)
• Lower Canada
• Upper Canada
• The Report of Lord Durham on the cause of the "rebellions"
• Documents on the Proposed Union (1822)
• The Union Act 1840-41

Federal Dominion (1867 - 1931)

• Province of Québec
• Canadian Confederation
• Québec and the Confederation Project
• Québec and Federal Elections
• Confederation Debates and Provincial Autonomy
• How Others Have Viewed French Canadians and Quebec

Independent 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.

• History of Modern Québec
• The Quiet Revolution
• Jean Lesage and the Quiet Revolution (1960-1966)
• 1970 October Crisis
• The Language Laws of Québec
• Read the section dedicated to Québec Studies

Historical figures

• Read the section dedicated to historical figures

Quebec French history

Quebec French is a variety of the French language that is distinct from the French of France for essentially the same reasons that American English differs from British English.

• History of the French language in Québec
• Quebec French (Wikipedia)

Independence movements in History

• Read the section dedicated to other independence movements

Franco-American history

• Franco-American History Resources
• French Canadians and Franco-Americans in the Civil War

Acadian history

• Acadian History Resources
• History of the Acadians
• Acadian History
• The Acadian Odyssey

Métis history

• The Métis National Council
• History of the Métis People
• The Other Métis
• Métis History (no sources)
• Native Languages of the Americas: Michif
• The Metis Nation

Amerindian & Inuit history

• Read the section dedicated to the 11 first nations of Québec

Irish immigration history

• The Irish in Quebec
• The Irish in Canada

History of imperialism

• History of Imperialism (World Wide)
• European Imperialism and Regional Responses
• CasaHistoria: Imperialism
• Questia Library: Colonialism
• Questia Library: Imperialism
• Questia Library: British Imperialism
• Questia Library: Colonial America
• Anti-Imperialism in the United States
• U.S. Interventionism: Some Notes
• An Online History of the United-States: The Age of Imperialism

Genealogy

• Exhaustive list of Genealogy Links
• American-French Genealogical Society
• Genealogy of New France in North America

See also

• Get Books on the History of Québec
• See resources on the history of Quebec in the French language
• Marianopolis College's Québec History Website
• The History of Quebec and Canada 414 course (What Quebecers learn of their history at age 16)
• From New France to Modern Quebec
• Timeline of Québec history at Wikipedia.org
• Questia Library: Canadian History
• Education: Canadians & Conflicts
• Electronic Library for Canadian Studies (need registration)
• Flags of the World: Québec
• Flags of Canada and elsewhere