The Nations of Canada

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Episode 160: Le Commerce est Libre Sep 20, 2023

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Independent Metis traders in the Red River colony provide the Hudson's Bay Company with the greatest challenge to its monopoly in 180 years.
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Episode 159: The Torch of Discord Sep 13, 2023

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Canadians take to the streets of Montreal to re-fight the 1837 rebellion, destroying the parliament building in the process.
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Episode 158: Responsible Government Sep 06, 2023

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As revolutions sweep across Europe, two former rivals in Nova Scotia carry out their own political transformation.
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Episode 157: A New Ireland Aug 30, 2023

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An increase in Catholic migration from Ireland reshapes Canada's demographic landscape, and reminds the Orange Order in the colony of its original, sectarian identity.
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Episode 156: 54-40 or Fight Aug 23, 2023

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The arrival of American settlers in significant numbers, and a bellicose presidential campaign in the United States, force an end to the Anglo-American power sharing agreement in the Pacific Northwest.
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Episode 155: The Bagot Commission Aug 16, 2023

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A generation after the military alliances of the War of 1812, indigenous communities and the Canadian state begin forging a new relationship.
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Episode 154: I Know Not What to Call It Aug 09, 2023

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Post-rebellion Canadian politics are muddied by a series of untimely deaths in the Governor-General office.
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Episode 153: New Identities Aug 02, 2023

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With the collapse of the Patriote movement, the Catholic Church re-emerges as a key pillar of French Canadian national identity. At the same time, habitant families begin looking beyond the crowded St. Lawrence valley.
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Episode 152: The Missionary Company Jul 26, 2023

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In an effort to improve its brand in Britain, the Hudson's Bay Company allows missionaries into the northwest to minister to its indigenous partners, shifting the political and social landscape of the region.
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Episode 151: A Stupid Place to Build an Outpost Jul 19, 2023

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Anglo-Russian border tensions on the Pacific coast are enlivened by a murder in the Hudson's Bay Company's most remote trading post.
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