Reasons for long standing tensions in Upper Canada

Question 1

WILLIAM MACKENZIE IN UC:

1. What was WM a member of?
   - He used his position to do what?
2. What did Mackenzie publish a series of in 1830?
3. When was Mackenzie expelled for libel?

Answer 1

1. Legislative Assembly.
   - Protest everything.
2. Open letters to Gov. Sir John Colborne, aimed at removing accusations of disloyalty.
3. 1831.

Question 2

WM CONTINUED…

1. What happened to Mackenzie on 2nd Jan 1832?
2. However, what happened 3 days later?
3. However, in 1832 what did Mackenzie manage to do?

Answer 2

1. Electors returned him to the assembly.
2. Expelled for libel again.
3. Sail to England with a number of petitions for the King -> well received, governor instructed to solve problems.

Question 3

ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN UC:

1. Who suffered hardest from the 1830s economic depression in UC?
2. What were farmers subject to?
3. What did the pop. reach by 1831 due to immigration?
4. How many people died in UC from cholera in 1832?

Answer 3

1. Farmers.
2. Crop failures & harsh debt-collection laws.
3. 240,000.
4. 4,000.