The capital of upper Canada, known today as Toronto.
What is York?
100
Lower Canada is part of this modern day province.
What is Quebec?
100
This type of government, often referred to as an oligarchy, placed power in the hands of a small group of influential men.
What is Colonial Government?
100
This Scottish land agent surveyed the people of Upper Canada and drew up a list of rights based on their complaints. Unfortunately he was deported from the colony.
Who is Robert Gourlay?
100
In the 1800s the majority of immigrants came to the Canadas from these two countries.
What is the United States and Britain?
200
This public land was set aside to provide money for the government and the church and at the same time prevented road development.
What are crown and clergy reserves?
200
This old structure of landownership made the social structure of Lower Canada unique in comparison to Upper Canada.
What is the seignureal system?
200
Democracy requires that a government is this, elected by the people to make laws on their behalf?
What is representative government?
200
This firery red head spoke out against the Family Compact and became leader of the rebellion in Upper Canada.
Who is William Lyon Mackenzie?
200
The ships immigrants travelled across the Atlantic in were often called these, due to the high number of immigrants who died on the voyage.
What are coffin ships?
300
These rich landowners tied up all the good land in Upper Canada, causing property prices to rise leaving poor quality land behind for the common farmer.
Who were land speculators?
300
Wealthy English merchants who dominated the government in Lower Canada were part of this upper class.
What is the chateau clique?
300
A democratic government can also be voted out if elected representatives fail to please the majority and is identified as this type of government.
What is responsible government?
300
He was the Governor of Upper Canada in 1836 and dissolved the Legislative Assembly which sparked the rebellion.
Who is Sir Francis Bond Head?
300
Many Black Americas escaped slavery by traveling north to Canada through this, a network of secret trails and pathways.
What is the Underground Railway?
400
This elected body represented male landowners in upper Canada but was powerless when it came to proposing laws to benefit the common farmer.
What is the legislative assembly?
400
The French in Lower Canada were angered when the government raised these, on land owned by French people while leaving British businesses alone.
What are taxes?
400
This level of government was composed of men from the upper class and would propose laws to the governor and veto laws from the assemblies in Upper and Lower Canada.
What is The Legislative Council?
400
He recommended the Canadas unite and that responsible government be introduced to the colonies as a solution to the rebellions.
Who is Lord Durham?
400
This was the area of immigrant ships most people travelled in. It was cramped and dark, located below deck.
What is steerage?
500
In Upper Canada, First Nations were considered to be at the bottom of this structure and therefore the least powerful while the oligarchy called the shots and were considered far superior.
What is social structure?
500
This radical group of reformers from Lower Canada was lead by Louis Joseph Papineau.
Who are the Patriotes?
500
This governing body was appointed by the governor and advised him on political decisions in Upper and Lower Canada.
What is the Executive Council?
500
He was Lord Durham's successor who united the officially in 1841.
Who is Lord Sydenham?
500
British North America was attractive to immigrants because of advertisements promising this.