Durham Report 2: Act of Union 1840, Response

Question 1

ACT OF UNION:

1. What year was the AOU proclaimed in?
2. What were UC and LC given in the Assembly?
3. They established a _______ parliament, consolidation of _____, a civil _____, and suspension of French-Canadian institutions relating to ______ and ____ ___.

Answer 1

2. Equal representation.
3. Single, debt, list, education and civil law.

Question 2

RESPONSE:

1. Who was in favour of Durham’s reforms?
2. Who in particular welcomed the AOU?
   - Why?
3. Who opposed union in UC?
4. Who opposed it in LC?
   - Why?

Answer 2

1. Joseph Howe, member of Assembly.
2. British-Canadians who were loyal to British and those who had been a minority in LC. Montreal’s Anglophone Tories:
   - Saw it as a way to overcome French opposition to economic development.
3. Family Compact.
4. French-Canadians.
   - Lessen or even destroy their influence.