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What is a Primary Source?
written during an event a person who experienced it
What is a Secondary Source
written after the advent a person who did not experience the advent.
Upper Canada
-English speaking
English civil and criminal law
-British land ownership system where people owned their land
-Rights for the Protestant churches and schools
Lieutenant-Governor
Lower Canada
-French speaking
-French civil law
-English criminal law
-French Seigneurial system of land used remained
-Roman Catholic churches maintained their rights
-Governor
Sugar Act (1764)
The British Parliament passed a law that taxed sugar and molasses. The colonists reacted by trying to boycott sugar.
Stamp Act (1765)
The British Parliament passed a law that all legal documents and newspapers were to be produced on stamped paper - which was taxed. The colonists reacted with angry speeches, boycotting British goods and abusing tax collectors. The British government had to recall the law in 1766.
Townshend Acts (1767)
Another law was passed by the British Parliament taxing glass, tea, lead, paper and paint. The colonists avoided purchasing British goods where possible. The British government had to recall this set of acts in 1770, but kept the tax on tea.
Boston Massacre (1770)
Boston Massacre (1770): British troops had been stationed in Massachusetts since 1768 in order to support crown-appointed officials and enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation. On March 5, 1770, a mob formed around a British sentry and verbally assaulted him and threw clubs, snowballs and stones at Captain Thomas Preston and his men. The latter open fired - killing 5 and injuring 6.
Tea Act (1773)
Tea Act (1773): The East India Company was given exclusive rights to sell tea in North America. This upset the colonists, and they refused to let ships belonging to the East India Company enter the harbours of New York and Philadelphia, making the ships return to Britain. In Charleston, South Carolina, the tea was left out on the docks to rot.
Boston Tea Party (1773)
Boston Tea Party (1773): On December 16, Governor Thomas Hutchinson allowed 3 tea-carrying ships into the Boston Harbor. Upset by this event, some people from Boston dressed up like Indigenous Americans (so they could not be identified and punished) and made their way onto the tea ships. Once on the tea ships, they dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor. This event became known as the Boston Tea Party.
Intolerable Acts (1774)
Intolerable Acts (1774): Several different acts were passed to tighten Britain’s control over their colonies. As a response to the Boston Tea Party, Boston was closed to all shipping until all of the destroyed tea was paid for, and the King was reimbursed for his lost taxes. In another act, Quebec was given control over the Ohio Territory. This angered the colonists who felt that it was to prevent them from moving west and expanding their territory. These acts prompted the colonists to develop their own army to fight against Britain.
What was the Constitution Act of 1791?
Passed by the British Parliament
Divided the colony of Quebec into two separate colonies along the Ottawa River: Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Quebec)
