Farming:
pioneer homestead, Chatham, Upper Canada 1828 P.J. Bainbrigge
This picture shows a tenant farmer and the land owner standing on the road near a farm. On the left is the farmers house / cabin with the crops to the right of it.
In the Image the farmer may be paying the landowner rent in crops or mortgaging the farm. The men might be interacting for other reasons then that though.
Social classes:
Street Leading to the Barracks at Kingston, Upper Canada. Artist: Cockburn, James Pattison, 1779-1847. 1829
The man on the right looks like he would be in a higher class than the people in the street. The well-off man might be in the clergy or other high class.
This image shows the class difference in the towns.
Religion:
Court House and Jail, York, Upper Canada. 1829. Library and Archives Canada, C-149951
This is an image of people standing outside the courthouse and the first St. James’ church of 1807after it was enlarged between 1818 and 1821.
This is the church most settlers in the surrounding areas would go on Sundays for church.
Land problems:
Crown and Clergy Reserves, Newtown, Upper Canada, c. 1800.
National Archives of Canada, NMC288
This document shows how the land was divided between clergy, government, and farmers.
The land was reserved for the government and clergy to make money when sold or rented. This land stayed uncleared and unoccupied.
Loyalty to Britain:
This picture show a British flag flying beside a encampment in London, Canada.
Since there is a British flag near the camp, it is a British colony and they are obviously loyal to Britain.
February 27, 2016 at 12:03 am
Good job. For class, give more of a description of how class affected the people in the 19th century rather than it just existed.