POL336Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Francis Gore, Lower Canada, British Subject
15 Nov 2017
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Pol336 lecture 3: introduction to the ontario political. Tradition cont. (uc - upper canada // lg - Lieutenant governor // bna - british north america// War of 1812 impact: 1812: upper canada successfully defeated an american invasion. British canadian elite in ontario > american invasion reinforced to its loyalist adhere to british crown. After war, the family compact (british govt. ) became very insecure about large % of. Americans in uc, who now swamped original loyalist population (note: alien question which was key issue in ontario politics after 1812) American immigrants, but only cut off supply of prospective buyers hurt their land values: british government directed lg gore to drop above policy, instead ordering him to enforce an old british law on naturalization. None of thousands of americans already resident in uc had gone through naturalization process > technically aliens in uc (already were successful farmers and land- owners)
