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who were supporters of the Family Compact? |
Tories |
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in what tavern did the rebels meet? |
Montgomery's Tavern |
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what was the month of rebellion? |
december |
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who was the commander of all government forces organized to crush the rebellion? |
Lord Seaton (John Colbourne) |
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rebel slogan: "Liberty or _______" |
??Death?? |
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what stopped the absorption of Northern colonies into the United States? |
the war of 1812 |
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what attracted immigrants from the US and Britain to come into the colonies? |
cheap land and farm settlement |
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what were democratic reforms seen as? |
Yankee republicanism |
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for French Canadians, what was the struggle against if not Americanization? |
Anglicization |
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what worried the French about the Irish and English Immigrants? |
being slowly assimilated |
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at this time, what did British North America consist of? |
Upper Canada, Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI |
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who were the only people allowed to vote? |
white, adult, male, landowners |
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who did not acknowledge the authority of the Red River Settlement? |
the local Métis |
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what devastated the fur trade in 1816? |
the Pemmican Wars |
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what was the first permanent settlement on the Canadian prairies? |
the Red River colony |
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after 1821, which fur trade company had a monopoly (ruled unchallenged)? |
the Hudson Bay Company |
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what did the merger of the two companies cause with the Indians? |
-a sharp drop in liquor trade -gave them a disadvantage bc they no longer could trade fur to competing companies |
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what was one of the main problems in Upper and Lower Canada after the Constitutional Act of 1791? |
that an elected assembly was under the control of an appointed council |
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why was Upper and Lower Canada's government not considered responsible? |
the elected assembly did not have as much power as appointed, wealthy members of the council, and could not pass laws for the people. |
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what was the assemblies' only real power? |
to be able to block the government, not lead it. |
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which province didn't join confederation until 1949? |
Newfoundland |
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what was the only thing that the appointed council was responsible to? |
Britain |
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who could veto or withhold approval of any laws passed by the legislature? |
the Governor |
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what were crown reserves used for? |
to fund the expenses of the colony |
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who was the group of young French Canadian elite who were opposed to the Family Compact and Chateau Clique? |
the Parti Patriote |
controlled the assembly but had little real power |
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what did the Parti Patriote want for Canada? |
a more responsible gov't, where the councilors are chosen from elected members and that the elected assembly has control over finances |
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who was one of the creators of the 92 resolutions? |
Louis-Joseph Papineau |
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what were the 92 resolutions? |
a list of grievances made in 1834 by the Parti Patriote |
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what action by Britain angered the patriotes and what did it cause them to do? |
Britain said no to the 92 resolutions which caused the patriotes to believe they had no choice but war |
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wha did Papineau think about the angry calls for armed rebellion? |
he thought it was better to reform through parliament |
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what was the patriotes first and last victory? |
the Battle of St. Denis |
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what did 300 patriotes do in 1838 after coming back from the United States? |
they declared Canada a republic, then returned again to the US |
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what were the 300 patriotes recieving backing from? |
the secret societies in New York, "hunter's lodges" |
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what was the hunter's lodges aim? |
to topple the gov't in Canada and creat a second North American republic |
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who lead the campaign against the patriotes? |
John Colbourne |
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were voters held by secret ballot? |
no, it was public and everyone could see your vote |
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what are two examples of moderate reformers? |
Robert Baldwin and Egerton Ryerson |
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who were the extremist reformers lead by? |
William Lyon Mackenzie |
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what was the name of Mackenzie's newspaper? |
"Colonial Advocate" |
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how many times was Mackenzie expelled from the assembly for slander? |
FOUR |
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who was the first mayor of Toronto? |
Mackenzie |
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who organised meetings of farmers to hear their concerns and give them to British gov't? |
Robert Gourlay |
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who was John Strachan? |
an english bishop |
opposed Gourlay |
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who was Sir Francis Bond Head? |
Lieuteneant-Governor of Upper Canada in 1836 |
bribed for the Tories to win the election against reformers |
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after the 1836 election, what did Mackenzie change the "Colonial Advocate" to? |
the "Constitution" |
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where was the march on Toronto (meant to capture the government and declare a republic)? |
Yonge Street |
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who declared himself as president of the "new republic"? |
William Lyon Mackenzie |
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what island on the Niagara River was Mackenzie's base in the US? |
Navy Island |
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1000 rebels were captured, 20 were hanged, and 800 were sentenced to prison. where did the rest of them go? |
sent into exile in Australia |
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what was the former Liberal Party? |
Parti-Rouge |
created by Papineau |
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what were 2 things that the rebellions were struggling for? |
democracy and preservation of the French culture |
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what was the impact of the rebellions on the gov't? |
they set in motion a chain of events that would eventually lead to responsible gov't in British colonies |
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what did the Reform Act want to do? |
make parliament more responsible to the people |
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who was made Governor General of North America by Queen Victoria? |
Lord Durham |
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what did Lord Durham do after being made Governor General? |
pardoned most of the patriotes, met with Bladwin and his son, helped smooth over diplomatic relations with the US |
the only way to deal with the underlying cause of the rebellions |
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what were Durhams 3 central recommendations? |
1. Upper and Lower Canada can be united under 1 gov't 2. Governor must name the leaders of the elected assembly as his advisors 3. the colonies must be given authority over own internal actions |
same parliamentary rights as Britain at the time |
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what did Durham recommend to make the French Canadians a minority and assimilate them? |
a dual Union |
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what did the dual Union do for the French in Canada? |
created a strong sense of French Nationalism |
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what did the Act of Union mean? |
1. Upper and Lower Canada were united 2. equal # of representatives from UC and LC 3. debts would be shared 4. LC and UC would now be known as Canada West and East |
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what were Durham's 3 recommendations in his report? |
-dual union -responsible gov't -clear understanding of by whom affairs are handled, canada has control over internal affairs |
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what was Durham's view of the French Canadiens? |
they were "a people with no history or literature" and wanted to anglicize them through language, law, and customs |
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