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EvolutionHistory of Citizenship
(chapter 14)
Demonstrate
an
understanding
of how
citizenship
has changed
over time
Factors in ancient,
medieval, and early
modern times
influenced concept
of citizenship
Factors in Canada’s
history that shaped
our concept of
citizenship
Current global
events affect views
of citizenship
Milestones in Citizenship
Code of Hammurabi
1792-1750 B.C.E.
300 laws carved on
stone pillar
Penalties based on
social class
Cda. - written
laws with
penalties
Athenian Democracy
Circa 500-300 B.C.E.
Direct democracy
Males 18 yrs. or older
could vote, born in
Athens
Cda. - representative
democracy, citizens 18
yrs. or older can vote
Magna Carta
Roman Law
1215
450 B.C.E.
Rule of law (no one
Upper house (Senate)
was above the law,
Twelve Tables (written, right to fair trial, no one
exhibited laws)
arrested or jailed
without legal cause)
Right to legal
representation
Representative group
Cda. - Senate, right to called Parliament
Cda. - rule of law,
lawyer
Parliament
Haudenosaunee
(Iroquois) Confederacy
Circa 1400-1600
Confederacy (Great
Peace)
2 levels of government
(federalism)
Cda. - Confederation, 2
levels of government
(federal & provincial)
English Civil War &
Glorious Revolution
1689
Parliament (not
monarchy) governed
Government protects
and people obey
Cda. - parliament more
powerful than monarch
Revolution in the United
States
1776-1783
Inalienable right to “life,
liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness”
Cda. - government for
the people (freedoms)
Revolution in France
1789-1795
“freedom, equality,
brotherhood” (fraternity)
Cda. - equality of
citizens
History of Citizenship in Canada
Assignment
Read your assigned section (one of the
fourteen from pages 215-225)
Write down in point form at least four things
that the people had or did not have or things
that happened to them that were good or bad.
Answer this question: How has this shaped
our concept of citizenship; that is, what do
Canadian citizen have today because of what
happened in our past?
History of Citizenship in
Canada
Quebec Act 1774
First Nations & Inuit
Were independent
and self-governing
After Contact,
Europeans began a
policy of assimilation
Today some
success in regaining
self-government
Prevented domination by
English minority
French civil law used
(property matters)
French landholding
(seigniorial system) used
Roman Catholic Church
recognized & granted
rights
English law (criminal
matters)
Loyalists
Offered transportation
& free land in Canada
Black Loyalists
promised freedom &
land
Black Loyalists
experienced prejudice
and discrimination
(poor land; isolated)
Slavery
As early as 1689
1790s anti-slavery
movement begun
Upper Canada (1793)
made it illegal to import
slaves and freed
children
1834 slavery abolished
in British Empire
Racism &
discrimination did not
end
Responsible Government Multiculturalism
1830s governor and
1867 population mostly
appointed council held
French, English and
most power
Aboriginal peoples
1837 rebellions (failure)
1896 Laurier colonized
got British attention
the West mostly not
from Britain or France
1850s most colonies
had responsible
Not from southern
government
Europe, Asian or Africa
(racism)
20th Century Democracy
Rights for Women
Enemy Aliens
Famous Five (Alberta)
Ignored rights
had won right to vote
during First and
but
couldn’t
be
Second World War
appointed to political
Special
office.
identification
1928 Persons Case:
internment camps
British Privy Council
ruled women were
persons qualified for
government positions
Language Rights
Bill 101
Aboriginal & Treaty
Rights