POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: United Empire Loyalist, Lower Canada, Recollects
18 Apr 2017
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The canadian state - from colony to full statehood. From the beginning o canada first settled by aboriginals who crossed from asia to the. Americas on a frozen bering strait at the end of the ice age, approx 10- Company was granted a trading monopoly by king charles ii over riperts land: ruperts land was established in 1670. Lands could only be obtained by the crown through treaties. Lower canada resented the chateau clique, who were wealthy british merchants inhabiting the legislative council and supported the assimilation of the french. John george lambton earl of durham investigated why the rebellions happned: the durham report - formerally known as the report on the affairs of. Durham cited politics as a cause of the rebellions. Responsible government should be implemented ie the executive is an answerable to the legislature and it can govern so long as it enjoys the confidence of a majority of the leglisature.
