HISTORY 2HI3 Lecture Notes - Special Council Of Lower Canada, Seigneurial System Of New France, Lower Canada
23 Nov 2012
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The special council of lower canada, union and responsible government. After lower_canad arebellion, british government dissolved assembly, suspended the constitution and adopted a special council. Special council was the only body that governed the affairs of the colony 1838-41. It was an appointed council and acted like an authoritarian body. It could pass laws without worry about the people"s opinions: sir john a colborne first to sit at the head of the special council. His council befriended the constitutionalists a trend that continued with durham and. Constitutionalism: rallying point for anglos in the 1830s opposed french-canadians, believed they were the root of all evil. Aimed to do this with union between upper and lower canada. Dominated the council: durhand took over the council in june 1838. Although he vowed to remain neutral, he soon favoured the constitutionalists. His most important ordinance was the bermuda ordinance banned some rebel leaders to. Bermuda and allowed all others to return home very controversial.
