Quebec nationalism
Quebec nationalism is the subject of many international studies together with Scotland's, Catalonia's and others. This article aims at presenting an historical overview of the evolution of Quebec nationalism from its origins until now.
(1800s - 1880s)
The emergence of a French Canadian (Canadien) nationalism coincides with the birth of many Nation-States during a period of history known as the first wave of decolonization, which began with the independence of the 13 American colonies.
From 1783 to the late 1830s, the world witnessed the creation of many new national States with the birth of the United-States of America, France, Haiti, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Columbia, Belgium, Greece and others. Often accomplished militarily, these national liberations occurred in the context of complex ideological and political struggles opposing European metropoles with their respective colonies, and monarchists with republicans. If these battles succeeded in creating independent States in some regions of the world, they failed in other places, such as Ireland, Scotland, Upper and Lower Canada, Germany etc.
French Canadian nationalism can be rightfully studied in this context. The time of the birth of a national consciousness in French Canada is not consensual. Some will say that it existed before the 1800s because the Canadiens saw themselves as a people culturally distinct from the French even in the time of New France. However, the use of the expression la nation canadienne (the Canadian nation) by French Canadians is a reality in the 1800s as far as we know from historical records. The idea of a nation canadienne will be supported by the liberal or professional class in Lower Canada: lawyers, notaries, doctors, seigneurs, architects etc.
(1840s - 1950s)
(1950s - Today)
Also in Wikipedia:
Nationalism - Quebec - History of Quebec - Politics of Quebec - Canada - Canadian nationalism - Politics of Canada - Native Americans
External Sources:
Canadien Liberal Nationalism
Ultramontain Catholic Nationalism
Contemporary Quebec Nationalism
