Chapter 2: The English Colonial Period and Bytown (1759-1855)
Introduction to Season 2
The second chapter of the history of Ottawa begins with the Fall of New France to the English in 1759 and continues until City of Ottawa is proclaimed on 1 January 1855. During that time, the United States became an independent nation and tried twice to invade what’s now Canada. English settlers moved into the Ottawa Valley, constructed the Rideau Canal, created a series of settlements, particularly Bytown and Hull, experienced intercommunal discord between English, French, Indigenous, Catholic, and Protestant, built city infrastructure, including a railroad and incorporated as a city three times in five years.
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Episode 1: Indigenous Relations
As the French withdraw from North America and Nouvelle France fades into memory, the English assert their new role as the preeminent European power and face resistance from various Iroquois and Anishinaabe peoples. This culminates in Pontiac’s War and the separate peace signed by the different nations of the Indigenous alliance. For references, look here.
