Definitions
Small, but mighty, men who controlled the colonial government
What is oligarchy?
The language most people in Upper Canada speak
What is English?
The language most people in Lower Canada speak
What is French?
Name of the Governor-in-Chief of the Canadas sent to create order after the rebellion
Who is Lord Durham?
The major event the rebellions in Lower Canada got inspired by
What is The American Revolution?
Type of government where you vote for people to represent you in the government
What is representative government?
The FIRST AND LAST NAME of the reform leader in Upper Canada
Who is William Lyon Mackenzie?
The religion of most Francophones
What is Catholic?
After the Act of Union (1840) Lower Canada was called _____________
What is Canada East?
Lower Canada's oligarchy mainly spoke ________.
What is English?
Type of government where you can vote people out of the government if they don't please the majority who voted them into office
What is responsible government?
William Lyon Mackenzie fled to USA by _________
What is disguising himself as a woman?
The FIRST AND LAST NAME of the reform leader in Lower Canada
Who is Louis-Joseph Papineau?
After the Act of Union (1840) Upper Canada was called _____________
What is Canada West?
The TWO types of government that are necessary for democracy
What are responsible and representative government?
Name of rebel newspaper from Upper Canada
What is The Colonial Advocate?
Name of the oligarchy in Upper Canada
Who is the Family Compact?
Name of the oligarchy in Lower Canada
Who is Chateau Clique?
The Bill that "rewarded" the rebels of 1837
What is The Rebellion Losses Bill (1849)?
The year the colonial government failed to make English the only official language
What is 1882?
Right to reject a proposal or decision
What is veto?
The reform that the colonists in Upper Canada wanted most (different from Upper Canada)
What is land reform? (absent landowners, land speculators, Crown / Clergy reserves)
Parti Patriotes sent _____________ to the British government demanding for reform (change)
Name of the colony after Upper and Lower Canada became ONE
What is the United Province of Canada
DEFINITION: unfairness due to difference in treatment
What is disparity?