HST 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Francis Hincks, Commercial Revolution, Lower Canada
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1848, struggle between conservatives who want to keep society as is, and liberals who want democracy, want people to run society eliminating kings etc. Francis hincks persuades grits to join their party. Le bleu, also under hincks: voters in upper canada wanted church protected, passed 3 school bills, george brown wanted representation by population. Canada east wants very strong role with church versus canada west that wants church and state separate. Le bleu and canada east want connections between church and state maintained. 1855, there are three issues that touch on church and state, school bill all good catholics must vote for candidates that support separate schools, pastoral letter, and murder case. French and upper canada do not want to join united states. Economy picks up in flour and lumber. In lower canada, long thin farms, divided among children. Land gets smaller and smaller passing through ge(cid:374)eratio(cid:374)s. people ca(cid:374)"t grow good crops o(cid:374) this la(cid:374)d. wheat growth was ideal i(cid:374)
