French-English Relations (1980s and 1990s) What is a referendum? A referendum is a direct vote of all the citizens, usually on a specific issue. Why did Quebec hold a referendum in 1980? What were the results of this referendum? Quebec held a referendum in 1980 in order to see if Quebecers wanted Quebec to become an independent state.
Quebec’s conscription crisis divided French and English.
France’s economy after World War 1 was ruined. The loss of manpower for production and also the wreck of agricultural land, bought to an increased need for imports from the other countries. The state spent a huge amount of money to get medical care for the millions of wounded that had survived the war.French post-war society had to face the consequences of a mass death experienced on an unprecedented scale. Reintegrating the demobilized soldiers into civil society also constituted a major challenge in the immediate context of the post-war economic reconversion, which resulted in the birth of an original mass movement, the veterans’ movement.The foreign policy of the French after World War I was basically keep the Germans from becoming militaristic again. The French built the Maginot Line to keep it's border with Germany secure. It.
The History of French English Relations in Canada. WW1 Conscription Crisis Conscription Crisis French Canadians did not approve in the idea of conscription as Canada needed troops and the French did not find the need to suopport the war. Jan 1, 1935. Creation of the Union Nationale Party.The defining moments that changed French-English relations in Canada were the WWI conscription crisis, the creation and the governing of the Union Nationale Party in the 1930s, and Quebec’s Quite Revolution in the 1960s. The WWI conscription crisis considerably weakened the relations between the French and the English in Canada during WWI.
