HST 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Louis-Joseph Papineau, Lower Canada Rebellion, Ninety-Two Resolutions
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Influx of loyalist moving into lower canada. Rich english are the minorities backed by the state. English took the good land, given to the loyalist. Individual plots of land that can be purchased by the immigrants. British international land company (ruled by english, in charge of splitting the land and dividing it to other english immigrants. Need to develop upper canada because there"s not enough land. Who"s going to get access to all of the resources. Newyork trying to tap into the fur trade and lake erie. More canals to fight against new york. Perhaps even union of the 2 colonies. Bring them together and populate upper canada with english. Don"t want to have more english speaking people. 1834 women no longer allowed to vote. Talks about reducing power of the church. Puts together 92 resolutions (like the declaration of independence) Ultimate goal: to make french speak english. Give them the okay to take money without informing enland.