tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post2974771310840165585..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Just back - and another book to complete!Jim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-41476289678974476462009-06-30T18:38:06.628+10:002009-06-30T18:38:06.628+10:00Hels, Hels, Hels, you make my head spin! I will wr...Hels, Hels, Hels, you make my head spin! I will write on Acadia just for you!Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-65010181379159686922009-06-29T16:07:00.319+10:002009-06-29T16:07:00.319+10:00I think I will add yet another element to make you...I think I will add yet another element to make your jet lagged life a bit foggier :) <br /><br />Naomi Griffiths in From Migrant to Acadian said "It helped that Samuel Vetch’s heritage was Lowland Scot and his ideas offered the possibility of another Scottish colony. Further the recent union of England and Scotland had sharpened Scottish interest in overseas expansion while, at the same time, making powerful representatives of Scottish interests in London well disposed to the idea of resurrecting Nova Scotia".<br /><br />I can quite understand the Scots having separate interests from the English, but now we have to consider whether the Scots were: highlanders or lowlanders, <br />royals or parliamentarians, <br />stout Scottish Protestants or Jacobite supporters.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-60726481796559463622009-06-29T04:41:17.847+10:002009-06-29T04:41:17.847+10:00Good morning, Hel. While I knew highlights of the ...Good morning, Hel. While I knew highlights of the Canadian story, I had no idea myself of its complexity. I will try to pick some of this up whem I write.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-82000492054879603392009-06-28T17:05:16.986+10:002009-06-28T17:05:16.986+10:00I love Canada and go there as often as I can. We s...I love Canada and go there as often as I can. We share every thing, except the snow. But (white) Australian history seems to have been one of slowly moving away from colonial control by Britain towards Federation and, eventually, towards true independence. It may not have been linear, but it wasn't messy.<br /><br />In Canada, I cannot follow the historical movements AT ALL. Just taking one tiny example, the Calvinist Huguenots from France.<br /><br />a] the Huguenots settled in Acadia, but the Catholic church at home in France banned their religious practices, even in the diaspora. Clearly Acadia and Canada were viewed as separate entities.<br /><br />b] Most Acadians (Catholics) seemed to get along well with the Indians, ignored the English colonial power and took their moral guidance from France.<br /><br />c] The English wanted all French speakers expelled from Acadia. Conditions must have been horrific. But were the Francophone Huguenots expelled or just the Catholics in the 1750s?<br /><br />d] Those who stayed in the USA eventually became a large portion of the American Francophone community. What happened to those who stayed in Canada or to those who returned to Canada?<br /><br />e] How and when were the borders between New France, Acadia and Maine decided?<br /><br />The relationships between French Protestant and Catholic Canadians with each other were difficult enough. Their relationships with the Indians, the British govern-ment, the French authorities and growing USA power leave me breathless.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com