Chapter 4: Lesson 4
What Economic Changes Occurred in Lower Canada at
the Beginning of the 19th Century?
 Fur and Lumber
 After 1790s, __________________had a rapid decline

1770 – 1810 Lower Canada Fur Export fell from 76% to 9%
 The __________________enjoyed a huge success
 1770 – 1810 Lower Canada Wood Exports increased from 15%
to 74%
 Causes for ______________________:
 _________________________
 _______________________ and southern Great Lakes Region –
Competition with American merchants.
 __________________ in luxury items (furs) due to consecutive
European Wars after the French Revolution.
 Consequences of the _________________________
 __________________ purchased by the __________________
(1821)
 Fur trade moves from Montreal to ports around Hudson Bay.
 Causes of the _______________________________
 French Emperor Napoleon imposed a __________________
against Great Britain in 1806 – forcing them to get lumber
from Lower Canada.
 ________________________ in Great Britain required a lot of
wood.
 High tariffs were charged on __________________ in Great
Britain.
 Consequences of the rise of the lumber trade




Work created for ______________________. (logging camps,
saw mills, ship-building sites).
A need for new skills (__________________, longshoremen,
millers, __________________)
The discovery of new regions (__________________,
__________________)
Creation of the __________________ (1817) by English
Canadian Businessmen – First __________________.
 Modernizing Transportation
 A series of __________________ were dug to connect
__________________, the Great Lakes and the
__________________:

Lower Canada – __________________Canal (1825),
__________________Canal (1833)
 Roadways were developed for the transport of __________________,
__________________and __________________.
 In 1836, the first ______________________was build in Lower
Canada.


22 KM long
Connected La Prairie with St. Jean, just southeast of Montreal.
 Starting in 1809, __________________ navigated the waterways of
Lower Canada.

Canada’s first __________________– steam engine construction in
Montreal.
The English Canadian Financial Bourgeoisie: 1791
– 1840 (Upper-middle class English Canadians of
Lower Canada)James Mcgill (1744 – 1813) and John Molson (1763 – 1863)
Economic Activities
__________________
__________________
Good Works
Political Actions
•Fur trade
•Real estate
•Lumber to Great
Britain
Left money
and plot of
land to build
McGill
University
•Elected representative for
Montreal West (1792 and
1800)
•Executive Council 1793
•Molson Brewery
•Steamboats
between Montreal
and Quebec City
•Financed
construction of first
Canadian railway
line.
•Founded the
General
Hospital (first
public hospital
in Montreal)
•Founded The
Royal Molson
Theatre (first
permanent
theatre in
Montreal)
•Elected representative for
Montreal East from 1816 –
1820
•Member of legislative in
1832.
Workbook Assignment
Please complete Pages 117 - 118