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Bilingualization: The Role Of The Quiet Revolution In Iran

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The first trigger to fight for French colony in North America was in 1759 when the British conquered Québec. But all the political changes started much later.
To understand why Québec still struggles to live among other Canadians without feeling suffocated, we must go back to 1960s when the Quiet Revolution started.
In June 1960 Québec Liberal Party won the election with Jean Lesage as the premier of Québec. His slogan for the campaign was “It's time for a change”, and he really made a difference. More and more French Canadians could have a better job, better education because of the fine growth of City and province of Québec. Lesage's idea of French nationalism was to make Québec a city mainly for French people, which led to changing the term …show more content…

173]. The commission noted that the biggest problem of Canada lies in the province of Québec. The territorial form of their nationalism was, and still is, easier to follow for those who live there (having the same goals to feel more like a part of a greater community) and for newcomers. And as the Quiet Revolution was still encouraging the French to hold on to their beliefs of “free Québec”, more and more powerful groups that wanted independence were created like for instance Comité de Libération Nationale, which was strongly convinced that only vivid acts of violence will help to achieve what they believed in. That group and the Réseau de Résistance formed the FLQ – Front de libération du Québec. Interesting fact is, and probably the reason why it have been so radical, that it was founded not only by Québécois, but also by a Belgian named Georges Schoeters. In 1962 the French …show more content…

He came to attend Expo 67 in Montreal, but while he was giving a speech to the crowd he said "Vive Montréal, Vive le Québec!" ("Long live Montreal, Long live Quebec!") and then he added "Vive le Québec libre!" ("Long live free Quebec!") emphasizing the word “libre”. His word were followed by a big applause because that slogan was used by Québécois who were in favor for independence. Saing those words de Gaulle showed his support for the sovereignty movement and jibed at Canada's government. That situation only strengthened the faith and beliefs for those who wanted independence. FLQ grew in strength feeling that what they do will benefit in future. They started with placing bombs in three federal armories in Montréal, area mainly inhabited by anglophones and continued to achieve political ends. The date of October 5th 1970 went down in history as the “October Crisis” and a crisis it was

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