HIST 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: John Graves Simcoe, Seigneurial System Of New France, Lower Canada
29 Nov 2017
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The rise of liberal capitalism: economic development and political power, 1790-1850. Liberalism became an official state power by 1850: made private property a universal norm, the governments pursued liberal agendas. Canada: and then discuss the political reform that accompanied this. In 1833, thousands of hungry habitants and irish in lower canada decided to riot. Economics: upper canada: farmers also faced a crisis after the collapse of the wheat market. In lower canada, the political problems were amplified by tensions between the. In november 1837, armed conflict broke out: british troops were sent to crush this rebellion, the habitants successfully defended st. denis, over 1,000 patriotes were arrested for their participation in the rebellion. Politics: upper canada: the constitutional act of 1871 established an oligarchic government in upper canada and. Aftermath of the rebellion: the revolts in upper and lower canada had been defeated, the leaders of these rebellions disappeared (likely went to the united states in hiding)
