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What two things did the Constitutional Act of 1791 accomplish?
The Constitutional Act of 1791 divided Upper Canada from Lower Canada and gave the colony an elected law making assembly
What does the word "veto" mean?
Veto means overrule and deny
What power did the governor of Canada haver over the laws put forward by the assembly?
The governor could "veto" any laws purposed by the lgislative assembly
What is the difference between the Elected Assembly and Executive Council?
The Elected Assembly was elected by the by the people and Executive Council was appointed by the governor.
What is an Oligarchy?
An Oligarcyy is a small group of rich influential men.
Who was the principal leader of the rebellions of 1837 in Upper Canada?
The principal leader of the Rebellion in Upper Canada was William Lyon Mackenzie
What happened to Robert Gourley when he published his list of grievances?
He was arrested and sent out of the country
Why were the offices of the Colonial Advocate ransacked by members of the family Compact?
The paper criticized the government and the Family Compact.
Settlers in Upper Canada voiced grievances and were angry over one issue in particular and it was...
Setlers were angry because absentee landowners were tying up all the best land.
What style of government did William Lyon Mackenzie advocate?
Mackenzie advocated fot an U.S. style government
why did the French-Canadians have difficulty in acepting a government without democracy?
The French- Canadians had been exposed to the ideas of the American and French Revolutions
Control of Upper Canada rested in the hands of two groups. who were they?
British Merchants and ex-army officers.
Seigneurial famiilies exerted a great deal of influence in Lower Canada. What great leader of the rebellion of 1837 would come from such a family[first and last name required for a score]?
Louis-Joseph Papineau
In 1822 the English of Lower Canada attempted to two things that upset French Canadians. They were:
Join Upper and Lower Canada and make English the official language
In the time soon after 1834 why did many French Canadians think that the English were trying to kill them all with disease?
Many ships loaded with cholera-stricken Irish immigrants began landing in Quebec
French farmers were upset because the British made very attempt to raise their land tax. By contrast what tax remained mostly uncollected?
Taxes on business almost totally controlled by the British
What three issues upset the French Canadians more than all others? [all three required]
1)Discrimination
2)unequal taxation
3)lack of power in the government
In 1810 the British appointed the anti-French James Craig as governor of Upper Canada. What three things did he do as governor that agitated the Reformers?
a)imprisoned critics of the government
b)sent soldiers to intimidate the French
c)lack of power in the government
What did Papineau and other reformers do after British soldiers shot protesters in Montreal in 1832?
They submitted their "Ninety-two Resolutions" demanding change
Louis-Joseph Papineau is a nationalist hero in Canada during the rebellion of 1837 he became the leader the rebel group called:
The Patriotes