History of the County of Ontario 1615-1875

Publisher:  Corporation of the County of Ontario, Canada
Year Published:  1973
Pages:  386pp   ISBN:  0-9690996-0-6
Library of Congress Number:  F1059.O5 J63   Dewey:  971.3/55
Resource Type:  Book

A well-documented synthesis which begins with the indigenous inhabitants, documents the fraudulent land claims which were used to take over indigenous land for settlement by European and American settlers, and continuing through to the developments of the late nineteenth century.

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Table of Contents

1. The Native Peoples
2. Preparing for Settlement: Treaties and Surveys
3. Land Grants and Early Settlement, 1970-1820
4. Pioneer Society, 1790-1820
5. Immigration and Settlement, 1820-40
6. The Developing Agrarian Society, 1820-40
7. Social Crisis: Conflict and Rebellion, 1820-40
8. Mercantile Development: Villages and Road, 1840-51
9. Conflicting Visions: Education and Religion, 1840-51
10. The Creation of Ontario County
11. Farmer and Master Craftsman, 1851-71
12. Progress: The Idea and Its Proponents
13. Responses to Urbanization: Welfare and Education
14. The Building of the Railways
15.Social Crisis: Organization for Reform, 1871-75