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1500
Animism
A religious belief that includes respect for nature and that everything has a spirit. -
1500
Shamanism
The shaman was an intermediary between the Aboriginals and the spirits whose goodwill they hoped to attract. A shaman would be called upon to explain the meaning of a dream that one did not understand. Shamans could not impose their will on the group. -
Absolutism
A political ideology by which the ruler receives their powers from God and they are the sole ruler and representative of God on Earth. -
Catholicism
The primary religion in New France, which consisted of the parish (priests, bishops etc). -
Imperialism
An ideology that advocates the political, cultural, economic and/or military domination exerted by the Mother Country on the colony. -
Liberalism
A political ideology based on individuals having equal fundamental rights, including protection from the abuse of the monarch's power. -
Nationalism
A political ideology that identifies a nation as a group of individuals who share common characteristics. Refers to an individuals sense of belonging to a nation. -
Republicanism
An ideology suggesting that people should govern themselves. -
Anticlericalism
Opinion that the clergy shouldn't meddle in political life or censor cultural and intellectual life. Anticlericalism is opposed to ultramontism. -
Ultramontanism
A political and religious doctrine where the Catholic Church dominates in everyway, including political power. -
Capitalism
Economic system in which private companies run the economy. It benefits the rich and the poor stay poor. -
Agriculturalism
View that agricultural life was the solution to counter urbanization. -
French Canadian Nationalism
View that encouraged a French Canada. Desire for Canada to be autonomous and separate from Great Britain. -
Reformism
Encourages social change that fights poverty and other consequences of industrialization, during the industrialization period. -
Cooperatism
Counted on by French Canadians to raise the capital necessary for rural development. Allowed for the pooling of savings. -
Fascism
Restoration of traditional order by authotarian means. -
Secularism
Seperation of church and state. -
Conservatism
Ideology that things should remain the same. -
Communism
Communism is the extreme form of socialism, socialists wanted the end of the capitalist system and social classes by sharing the means of production. -
Socialism
Socialism is meant to be a critique of capitalist industrial development. Socialists were against the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few and they believed in no private ownership. -
Americanism
Influence of American ideas and culture on Quebec's societey. -
Interventionism
Ideology encouraging state control of education, health and social services. -
Feminism
A social movement in which women fight for suffrage and social/economic/political equality. -
Aboriginalism
Aboriginal people assert their concept of a nation. -
Neoliberalism
Idea that the government shouldn't intervene in the economy and should let it function on its own.
