HST 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Red River Colony, North West Company, Responsible Government
27 Nov 2016
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Big losers in the war of 1812. See(cid:374) as lazy (cid:894)(cid:272)a(cid:374)"t take (cid:272)are of the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es(cid:895) Had to go further and further west. Didn"t want to change the environment and have less fur. Children of eurpoean men and aboriginal women. Middle existence between native and english and french. Have to take it before the americans do. Didn"t want them to slowly take over the land and declare state. Age of buffalo coming to an end. Did what he could to get anglophones elected. Some reformers still get elected to the house. Supporter of the rebellion but not a participant. Great deal of flexibility in the system. French and english breaking barriers to come together. To make the executive government responsible to parliament. More open to idea of responsible government. Governor general has to sign the piece of legislation. Is he obligated to sign the legislation that he doesn"t like? (instructed to do so by the government)
