Gov in the Colonies
The Constitutional Act of 1791 gave the British colonies new form of ____________.
What is government?
The name for the group of rebellions in Upper Canada
What are the Reformers?
The name of the group of rebels in Lower Canada.
Who are the Patriotes?
It was because of these two events that Britain decided to send a representative to deal with Canada's issues.
What is Upper/Lower Canada rebellions?
One of Durham's motives to unite both Canadas was this.
He wanted to get rid of the French language/culture.
This part of government was elected but they didn't hold much power.
What is the Legislative Assembly?
The name of the Scottish immigrant who led the group of rebels in Upper Canada.
Who is William Lyon Mackenzie?
The leader of the rebel group in Lower Canada
Who is Louis-Joseph Papineau?
Britain sent this man to write a report on the troubles in Canada.
Who is Lord Durham?
With the Act of Union, Upper Canada became known as
What is Canada West?
In Lower Canada, friends/family of the governor who were council members were known by this nickname.
What is the Chateau Clique?
The Reformers wanted to overthrow the _________.
What is government?
The Patriotes won this amount of the vote but were still rejected by the government.
What is 75%
Lord Durham was biased against this group in particular.
Who are the Canadiens?
With the Act of Union, Lower Canada became known as
What is Canada East?
In Upper Canada, friends/family of the governor who were council members were known by this nickname.
What is the Family Compact?
The Reformers marched on this city.
What is Toronto?
"The governor's friends get the best land and the best jobs. Ordinary people should have more _______!"
What is power.
Durham made these two recommendations in his report.
1. Unite both colonies into one.
2. Grant the colony responsible government.
This language was the only official language in government.
What is English
The governor and his Legislative and Executive Councils were all ________ in Upper AND Lower Canada.
What is anglophone?
They were defeated by government forces and Mackenzie fled to this country.
What is the U.S.A?
When the Patriotes uprising was crushed, Papineau fled to this country.
What is the U.S.A?
With responsible government, elected representatives are to express the wishes of these people.
Who are citizens?
Lord Elgin signed this bill which gave some money to the Reformers and Patriotes who had suffered loss due to the rebellions.
What is the Rebellion Losses Bill?