The Nations of Canada

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Episode 100: The Very Image and Transcript Jul 27, 2022

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Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe attempts to recreate England in the wilderness around the Great Lakes.
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Episode 99: The Canadas Jul 20, 2022

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As loyalists establish themselves in the Upper St. Lawrence and Great Lakes, the British government takes the opportunity to totally re-organize the colony of Quebec.
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Episode 98: Ferryland Jul 13, 2022

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Newfoundland emerges from the wars of the 18th century a fully fledged colonial society, complete with its own religious, class, and ethnic divisions.
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Episode 97: The Northwest Company Jul 06, 2022

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The independent fur traders of Montreal get organized, and beat the Hudson's Bay Company at their own game.
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Episode 96: An Asylum of Loyalty Jun 29, 2022

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So many loyalists pour into the St. John valley, that the British decide to carve out a new colony on the continental side of the Bay of Fundy - New Brunswick.
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Episode 95: Shelburne and Birchtown Jun 22, 2022

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Thousands of loyalists descend on Nova Scotia, turning one sleepy corner of the colony, overnight, into the largest urban centre in British North America.
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Episode 94: A New Country Jun 15, 2022

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Tasked with implementing the peace in North America, Guy Carleton scrambles to find new homes for tens of thousands of loyalist exiles.
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Episode 93: What is to Befall Us Jun 08, 2022

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The conflict south of the Great Lakes turns into a prolonged guerilla war, with devastating consequences for both European settlers and the Iroquois Confederacy.
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Episode 92: Civil War Jun 01, 2022

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Parallel civil wars within the Iroquois Confederacy and the European settlers of the Mohawk Valley lay the seeds for the latest nation of Canada.
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Episode 91: The Undiscovered Country May 25, 2022

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Episode 91: The Undiscovered Country
Russian, Spanish, and British explorers converge on a blank spot on the map in the Northern Pacific.
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