The political nature and governmental system of Upper and Lower Canada and the perceived threat from the USA

Question 1

Which part of Canada was predominantly dominated by a British population?

Answer 1

Upper Canada

Question 2

Which company in 1825 was given a Royal Charter to aid in the colonisation and development of Upper Canada?

Answer 2

The Canada Company

Question 3

Who appointed the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada?

Answer 3

The British Government

Question 4

Which body within the administration of Upper Canada was also able to exercise executive power as well as the Lieutenant Governor?

Answer 4

The appointed council (responsible to London too)

Question 5

What was the name given to the notable families who were able to maintain control of the Executive Council in Upper Canada?

Answer 5

Family Compact

Question 6

How many representatives were there in the legislative assembly and appointed legislative council in Upper Canada?

Answer 6

Legislative assembly=16 and the appointed legislative council= 7

Question 7

Which church did the Family Compact relate to due to their loyalist tradition?

Answer 7

Anglican Church

Question 8

What was the land system in Upper Canada based on?

Answer 8

British freehold tenure

Question 9

What proportion of land in Upper Canada was designated to be clergy reserves?

Answer 9

1/7 (profits going to the Anglican church)

Question 10

Which other branches of Christianity were in Upper Canada besides Anglican?

Answer 10

Protestant, Baptist, Congregationalist and Methodist

Question 11

What was the main form of revenue for the Upper Canada administration?

Answer 11

Selling land through the Canada Company (used to pay salaries)

Question 12

What was the population of Upper Canada in 1835?

Answer 12

350,000

Question 13

Due to the opposition towards the Family Compact in the 1820s, what did the people of Upper Canada call for?

Answer 13

‘responsible and cheap government’

Question 14

Who in Upper Canada wrote to Lord Glenelg, the colonial secretary in 1836, suggesting constitutional reform in the shape of ‘responsible government’?

Answer 14

Robert Baldwin

Question 15

Lower Canada’s population was mainly of which origin?

Answer 15

French origin

Question 16

Which land system was used in Lower Canada?

Answer 16

Seigneurial system (relationships between tenant and seigneur overseen by state to ensure payment of contracts)

Question 17

Until the mid-19th century, was percentage of rural population lived in seigneurial land?

Answer 17

75%-80%

Question 18

What were the provisions of the Quebec Act in 1774?

Answer 18

The free practise of Catholicism; use of French law for private law

Question 19

When was Lower Canada brought into being with the same political structure as Upper Canada as the result of this year’s constitution?

Answer 19

1791

Question 20

What was the Lower Canada equivalent of Upper Canada’s Family Compact?

Answer 20

Chateau Clique (British loyalists)

Question 21

When did London initially propose the idea of uniting Lower and Upper Canada?

Answer 21

1822 (dropped after the trouble it generated due to it creating an English speaking majority)

Question 22

What was the name given to French speaking professionals in Lower Canada who sought political reform?

Answer 22

Patriotes

Question 23

Who was the Governor of Lower Canada between 1820 and 1828?

Answer 23

Lord Dalhousie (a petition was signed by 87,000 for his resignation)

Question 24

Lord Dalhousie was eventually called back to London after he prorogued the elected assembly in which year because he refused to accept the patriote leader as speaker of the house after the patriotes refused the payment of salaries?

Answer 24

1827

Question 25

Why did the 1791 constitution for Lower Canada maintain the Quebec Act of 1774?

Answer 25

To avoid the possibility of the Lower Canadian population revolting as a result of any attempts made by the USA to cause a revolution

Question 26

What power was given to the Legislative assemblies by the 1791 Constitution?

Answer 26

Financial autonomy