Nature of British control of U+L Canada before 1837 Part 2

Question 1

CANADA ACT, 1791

1. What was Quebec divided into?
2. UC, where most ______ lived, adopted what?
   - LC, where most ____-______ lived, adopted what?
3. Who would appoint the Governor in both colonies?
   - Which 2 ‘councils’ would the governor be supported by?
4. How did both colonies gain political representation?
   - However, who could veto any laws passed by the LA?

Answer 1

1. Two provinces: Upper and Lower Canada.
2. Loyalists, adopted English Common Law.
   - French-Canadians, adopted French property rights and all privileges French-Canadians had gained in 1774.
3. British Govt.
   - Executive and Legislative Councils.
4. Creation of seperate, elected Legislative Assemblies.
   - Legislative Council.

Question 2

CANADA ACT CONTINUED…

1. What did William Pitt argue the seperation would put an end to?
2. Who could landowners vote for?
3. What did the British govt continue to control?
   - The Act aimed to reproduce what?

Answer 2

1. Competition between old French inhabitants and new British (and British colonies) settlers.
2. Representatives in Legislative Assembly.
3. Defence, foreign affairs, external trade.
   - General principles of British constitution.

Question 3

BRITISH-AMERICAN WAR 1812-15

1. True or false: both English and French Canadians fought against the Americans.
2. What % of English-speaking Canadians were American exiles?
   - However, what were they denied?
3. However, the British considered this a sideshow to the much larger what?

Answer 3

1. True.
2. 80%.
   - Rights of British subjects.
3. Napoleonic Wars.

Question 4

UPPER AND LOWER CANADA

1. Who held power in Upper Canada?
   - What religious group were they almost entirely made up of and why was this a problem?
2. Older settlers were ________ of new settlers in case they caused ________.
3. Who dominated the Executive and Legislative Councils in LC?
   - What was every new governor supposed to resist?

Answer 4

1. Family Compact.
   - Anglican Church, meant that other religions were not supported.
2. Suspicious, agitation.
3. Chateau Clique.
   - Assembly attempts to obtain control of Civil List -> country’s public spending.