Three Weeks in Quebec City PDF

Christopher Moore ist Autor von fünfzehn Romanen, darunter die internationalen Bestseller Lamb, A Dirty Job und You Suck. Sein neuester Roman Secondhand Souls erscheint im August 2015.

Chris wurde in Toledo, Ohio, geboren und wuchs in Mansfield, Ohio, auf. Sein Vater war Autobahnpolizist und seine Mutter verkaufte Großgeräte in einem Kaufhaus. Er besuchte die Ohio State University und das Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara. Mit 19 Jahren zog er nach Kalifornien und lebte bis 2003 an der Central Coast, als er nach Hawaii zog.

Bevor er 1992 seinen ersten Roman „Practical Demonkeeping“ veröffentlichte, arbeitete er als Dachdecker, Lebensmittelkaufmann, Hotel-Nachtprüfer, Versicherungsmakler, Kellner, Fotograf und Rock’n’Roll-DJ. Chris hat auf all diese Arbeitserfahrungen zurückgegriffen, um die Charaktere in seinen Büchern zu erschaffen. Wenn er nicht schreibt, fährt Chris gerne im Ozean Kajak, taucht, fotografiert und malt mit Acryl- und Ölfarben. Er lebt in San Francisco.

Three Weeks in Quebec City pdf von Christopher Moore

In 1864, thirty-three delegates from five provincial legislatures came to Quebec City to pursue the idea of uniting all the provinces of British North America. The American Civil War, not yet over, encouraged the small and barely defended provinces to consider uniting for mutual protection. But there were other factors: the rapid expansion of railways and steamships spurred visions of a continent-spanning new nation.  

Federation, in principle, had been agreed on at the Charlottetown conference, but now it was time to debate the difficult issues of how a new nation would be formed. The delegates included John A. Macdonald, George Etienne-Cartier, and George Brown. Historian Christopher Moore demonstrates that Macdonald, the future prime minister, surprisingly was not the most significant player here, and Canada could have become a very different place.

 

The significance of this conference is played out in Canadian news each day. The main point of contention at the time was the issue of power—a strong federal body versus stronger provincial rights. Because of this conference, we have an elected House of Commons, an appointed Senate, a federal Parliament, and provincial legislatures. We have what amounts to a Canadian system of checks and balances. Did it work then, and does it work now?