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Civil War History Notes
HISTORY 311 NOTES – SEPTEMBER 24th  until OCTOBER 24th  HIS 311 SEPT 24
-1861- Civil War begins

-Nov.-dec "TRENT" incident

-1862-64-"Alabama" depredations

-Oct.-St. Alban's rd.

-1865- Reciprocity Tr. denounced

-1866- Fenian Invasion

-sub themes

            -public opinion & foreign policy

            -xtrnl coincide w/ intrnl issues

            -colonies and their costs

COMPARISON OF CAN AND US

-Can and US are parallel

-major events, trade  are shared

-civil society devl'p same way

-culture is same exc. QUE, Louisiana certain parts speak french

SLAVERY

-1820 on - immersed in issue of slavery. (afro-american) in  Brit Col.

-"Mason-Dixon line" separates north: anti-slavery, south: legal

- 1833: abolit'n of slavery in BR colonies and empire

-Can had slavery but abolished at same time as North US.

-Slavery is great int'l cost.

-Slavery is an Int'l issue that begins to greatly affect national issue

-U.S. can't agree on slavery

-North feared that south would take over and imply slavery

-this contreversy spilled onto Can

ABRAHAM LINCOLN NEW PREZ-1860

-Dec 1860 -61: 11 southern states leave union.

-N. goes to war vs. S to bring them  back into the union

CANADA

- not involved in war

-S aka: Confederate States may become 3rd country in NA

- ratio of pop.  US:Can = 11:1

-Can thinks good opportunity if 3rd country in NA: no more under to US

-most Cand'n believe that slavery is evil. So most agree w/ N

- Cand's divided into N and S

-Eastern Canada gets many newspapers: divided b/w conservatives who agree with N and liberals siding w/ S

-Liberals (S ) are fighting for freedom to do whatever .  -Conservatives say (S ) are barberic animals and north must triumph.

CANADA: inlists in war because:

1. belief in cause of anti-slavery

2. Boredom

3. Money - army is occupation

can pay someone to take your place

4. Kidnapping-Can's kidnapped force to join US army

-Canada is neutral, not favour one

SOUTH

-not sovereign states.

-south is not really separate yet, just  rebellious.

-“key to winning is to have foreign intervention.”

-hoping that S would be recognized as coutnry and N should back down.

BRIT GOV'T

-mixed feelings re US

-public opinion: indifferent or hate

TRENT

-2 confeder8 diplomats sent to BRIT on The TRENT steamship. Thru  neutral ports.

-when ship sailed near Nrthn coast diplomats were arrested & set to jail.

-Ld. Palmerston - BR. -  disruption of human rights, demands release of 2 diplomats

-Br mobilizes its best army taken to Nova Scotia ready to deploy into US

-lincoln releases 2 confederates.

-sending army to Can a reminider that colonies are expensive

-if americans were  to attack, Br could only defend Halifax not Mon nor TO.

-empire costly, and ungr8ful, Can does not wnat to help Br defend themselves

CANADA'S CONFEDERATION

2 PARTIES in gov't are = in power

-invites BR to join Can to confederation

-starts 1864 - spring 1866

-agree to form larger confederation.

-way for Br to retract their expenditure on Can.  so they support confederation

-not popular in Nova Scotia

-Br ignored Nova Scotians

-Br brot down New Bruns anti confederation party.

-Br helped Can a lot for confdr8t'n

RECIPROCITY TREATY

-Can raising tariffs on US

-oct. 1864 - Montreal Can's go St. Alban's , Vermont and robbed a bank

-Montrealers arrested  and judge let the robbers go w/ the money

1.US mad, if another incident US army would march into Can

2. Mar. 17, 1867 - denounces Reciprocity Treaty.

-Hostility from US gov't

IRELAND

- part of Br.

-catholic vs. protestants

-1840's famine, migration to US , Can, Aus: Protestants  bitter to Br.

-US and Can don't like immigration

-Ire assimil8 to Can political system

FENIAN...

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