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Outline of Quebec

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Thanks so much for your contributions to the Outline of Quebec! It's great to see the input and it looks interesting.

That particular page is an outline, rather than an article. Would you like to format information into an annotation, that would link to an article with more information (e.g., maybe this content is in another article, or this information could be added to an article, with appropriate sourcing)?

Here's the content

The beginning of the colony of France was the theocratic in acknowledgment of the dominant role that the church played. This period reflects excessive religion activity in France as well as political instability that was reflected in Canada. The church was on a hunt of the conversion of Amerindians and wanted to establish a colony of Europeans to serve as a Christian model community (Bélanger, 1998). “Although relatively few Indians truly accepted Christian influence, a significant number did convert, mainly to Catholicism” (Valk, 1998). − Throughout 1608-1663, the church was involved in all of the socio-educational services at that time, played a major role in the exploration of the continent, was involved in the government of the colony, founded missions and cities, for example Ville Marie and influenced the economy of the colony (Linteau, 1979). Most of the time, “in the absence of a state, the Church became the state” (Belanger, 1998) this shows how important the church was. Following the rise of colonies and Christianity, civil government was establish by the Royal government in 1663 and with it Gallicism . While the Church continued to take care of most issues pertaining to education, health and social services, it did so under the watchful supervision of the State (Bélanger, 1998). − The most important shock which the Church suffered throughout its history in Canada occurred as a result of the Conquest. The Church lost the protective shield of the Catholic State and its financial support. It had also lost its bishop at a crucial time and both the Recollect and Jesuit orders were banned from the colony between 1760 and 1791 (Bélanger, 1998). Aside from the financial problems, its biggest dilemma was to be accepted by the British authorities. Fairly rapidly the British authorities learned that the Church could be useful in gaining the loyalty of the ‘Canadiens’ and decided to attach the Church to the British Rule. The Church continued to face challenges that made it remain relatively un-influential with the people. When the population grew at a very rapid rate, the clergy could not keep up and, consequently, the population did not fall so clearly under the watchful eye of their priests (Bélanger, 1998). − The development of a new economy focused on agriculture and the creation of the parliamentary system in 1791, led to the rise of the liberal professions class such as notaries, land surveyors, lawyers and doctors. This class was frequently anti-clerical, generally nationalist and republican, and rested its power and influence on notions of democracy. The failure of the Rebellions of 1837-1838 discredited the liberal nationalists and served to demonstrate to the people that the conservative course of the Church has been the right one. Throughout 1840 and 1896 the Roman Catholic Church of Quebec rose continuously (Bélanger, 1998). His research indicates the following: − Many indicators point to the increasing influence of the church: the multiplication of the religious congregations in the province (18 new congregations of nuns and brothers were founded between 1837 and 1896); the establishment of many classical colleges where about 50% of the graduates will enter the priesthood. − Having achieved the pinnacle of its influence and power in the preceding period the church sought to Christianize all aspects and classes of French Canadian society in the next period. While the church had a good deal in integrating the masses, the beginning of the Second World War and the modernization of communications opened Quebec to outside influence, and thus the changed. The church was unable to finance all of these institutions and to provide the personnel to support them. Eventually it was recognized that the State had to take its responsibilities for the well-being of the province (Linteau, 1991). − This would be done during the Quiet Revolution. In this period of modernization of Quebec no institution was to be affected more than the Catholic Church. Values, ideas and institutions from the past were all questions.

I'd be happy to help you with this, if you'd like.--CaroleHenson (talk) 20:31, 7 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

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