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 English-speaking 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 (1534-1760)

• New France: 1524-1763, by Patrick Couture, in Chez Cousture's Website
• Images from the Turn of a Century 1760-1840, a portrait of the Arts, Literature and Eloquence in Québec
• Virtual Museum of New France, in Canadian Museum of Civilization
• The Jesuit Relations and the history of New France, in Library and Archives Canada
• Our Huguenots Ancestors, by Michel Barbeau, in La page de généalogie de Michel Barbeau
• The Basques in New-France, by Mario Mimeault, Center for Basques Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, Issue 49, 1994b
• A Soldier's Account of the Campaign on Quebec, 1759, by Robert Henderson, The Seven Years War Website

British rule (1760-1931)

• Royal Proclamation (1763), by Claude Bélanger
• Lower Canada and the British Regime, by Patrick Couture
• Quebec Act, by Claude Bélanger
• Constitutional Act 1791
• Notes of Alexis de Tocqueville in Lower Canada
• The 1837 Rebellions on EduNET
• Civil War in Lower Canada, Intermountain History Group
• Documents on the Proposed Union of Upper and Lower Canada (1822), by Claude Bélanger
• Report on the Affairs of British North America

Federal Dominion (1867 - 1931)

• Province of Québec, by Patrick Couture
• Québec and the Confederation Project, by Claude Bélanger
• Québec and Federal Electionshttp://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/readings/fedelect.htm
• Confederation Debates and Provincial Autonomy
• How Others Have Viewed French Canadians and Quebec

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, by Patrick Couture
• The Quiet Revolution, by Claude Bélanger
• Jean Lesage and the Quiet Revolution (1960-1966), Claude Bélanger
• Chronology of the October Crisis, 1970, and its Aftermath, by Claude Bélanger
• Documents on the October Crisis
• The Language Laws of Québec
• Read the section dedicated to Québec studies

Diaspora

Franco-American

• Franco-American History Resources, Marianopolis College
• Revéil - Waking Up French, The Repression and Renaissance of the French in New England, a documentary film by Ben Levine

Amerindian & Inuit

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

Immigration

Irish immigration

• The Irish in Quebec
• The Irish in Canada
• Personal Genealogy Site of Janice L. Copeman from Shannon, Québec

Historical figures

• Read the section dedicated to historical figures

Quebec French

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

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

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

From the Archives

• http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/PageView/91836/0002?id=2dfd0882c560e220 (bilingual)
• http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/PageView/24584/0002?id=2dfd0882c560e220

• http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/PageView?id=901453e7b8598d8e&display=34019+0003

Journals of the Parliament of Lower Canada

• http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/PageView/9_03424/0004?id=c2fb81e3ddada64a
• http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/ItemRecord/9_00938?id=c2fb81e3ddada64a
• http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/ItemRecord/9_00943?id=c2fb81e3ddada64a
• http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/ItemRecord/9_00944?id=c2fb81e3ddada64a
• http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/PageView/53323/0002?id=2c39c86dcd19f2ef

See also

In this site

• The History written by the victor
• French language resources
• Get Books on the History of Québec

Other websites

• Québec History Website by Claude Bélanger, history professor at Marianopolis College
• The History of Quebec and Canada 414 course (What Quebecers learn of their history at age 16)
• From New France to Modern Quebec by Patrick Couture
• Timeline of Québec history at Wikipedia.org
• Education: Canadians & Conflicts
• Electronic Library for Canadian Studies (need registration)
• Flags of the World: Québec
• Flags of Canada and elsewhere