Chapter 4 Flashcards
Define: Chateau clique
Ruling oligarchy in lower canada
Define : Family compact
The ruling oligarchy in upper canada
Define: Sermen du test
Oath swearing aligned to the Anglican Church
Define: Tithe
Monet given by members of a congregation to support the church
Define: Canadiens
Community of French Canadians living in Quebec during the British colonization of north America
Define: assimilation
Absorption of a minority group into the culture of a majority group
Define: loyalists
Residents of the 13 colonies who remained loyal to Britain during the American war of independence
Define: veto
Right to reject legislation and prevent it from passing
Define: impressment
Forced service of American sailors into the British navy
Define : sovereign
Autonomous; having the full and Independant rights of self government
Define: conscientious objectors
People who refuse for ethical reasons to engage in war
Define: responsible government
System in which a government is accountable to an electorate through regular elections
Define: coalition
Temporary alliance between two political parties
Define: oligarchy
Political system in which power is held by a small number of people
Define: war hawks
An advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
Who is Pontiac?
Ozawa First Nations chief who successfully united the Ohio valley First Nations tribe to form a resistance against the British in 1762-1763
Who is James Murray?
First Governor General of British North America
Who is Sir Guy Carlton?
Second Governor General of British North America
Who is Sir Isaac Brock?
Head of the British forces in canada during the war of 1812
Who is Laura Secord?
British ally during the war if 1812
Who is Tecumseh?
Shawnee fn leader who was an important all to the British during the war o 1812
Who is Louis- Joseph Papineau?
Supported the reform movement in lower canada through his newspaper
Who is William Mackenzie
Supported the reform movement in upper canada through his newspaper
Who is Lord Durham?
Governor General of canada sent to canada after the rebellions of 1837 to determine what the problems were in upper and lower canada
What are the key points to the royal proclamation? What brought about this change? Who and how were they most affected?
British wanted to reduce French Canadian culture and language I order to promote British immigration in Quebec .
FN: protected their hunting grounds (reserved land west of the proclamation line), British gain full control of the phono valley not the First Nations
French Canadians: established the province of Quebec and it’s first civil government, French civil laws were abolished( church could not accept tithe), if Catholics wanted to be apart of government you had to take the sermon du test swearing your Allegiance
What are the main concessions of the Quebec act of 1774? What was the reaction of the 13 colonies ? Why did they react this way?
- enlarged Quebec’s territory to include the Ohio valley
-guaranteed the preservation of French language and restored French civil and property laws
-reinstated tithe ; allowed Catholics to be apart of government
Reaction: upset because they wanted the Ohio valley and it meant the British living in Quebec would continue to be minorities in a French society ( they had been promised it would be assimilated into English society)
Constitutional act 1791:
- each upper and lower canada were controlled by oligarchies ( upper canada= family compact! lower canada = chateau clique)
- recognized English and French as two dominant groups and allowed each to maintain its own language, laws , land-owning system and religion
- each upper and lower canada has their own go owner and legislative and executive council
- an unfair distribution of power
Act of union 1841:
United upper and lower Canada into one colony with one go inner and one elected assembly
