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