HIS263Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Special Council Of Lower Canada, Lower Canada, Responsible Government
Document Summary
Durham governer general 1838 investigate the rebellions of 1837 leaves before the 1838 rebellions. Sympathetic f upper canada reforemers, dismissing patriotes and canadiens as backwards and in need of assimilation doenst spend much time with francophones proposes reform for. Durhams report influential in the way britain sets up colonies across the british empire about representative governments. Constitutional act of 1791 runs politics in lower canada, suspended in 1838, special council put in place of legislative assembly and legistative councit. Are an appointed, authoritarian body with the gg as chair can dictate just about everything overwhelmingly english speaking in a country that is mostly french. Caretaker government that remains for 3 years promote british agenda, get rid of seignurial system/french legal systems and institutions that they claimed would stifle their business (were composed of business elites) Wanted to being the colony economically in line with the rest of the empire.
