HISB40H3 Lecture : Lecture Notes October 17.docx
Document Summary
John graves simcoe, queenston heights, family compact, toryism/tories, john strachan, Clergy reserves, robert gourlay, issac broack, egalitarian, autocratic, modie, roughing it in the bush, trail, the backwoods of canada, executive council legislative, justices of the peace (jps) Early 1800s important period because the foundations of modern ontario was put in place. General argument: traditional interpretation of this period is not entirely accurate. Traditional view is that upper canada was an orderly stable economy with little in the way of political conflict or social disorder. This stability had a lot to do with the fact that people lived here generally happy. Upper canada very stable and prosperous and very patriotic. Those who were unhappy with british were an exception a distinct minority lead by lunatics with no popular base of support. Upper canada was established as a separate colony in1771. Loyalists were first settlers of upper canada and 7000 by 1791 by the time ontario was created.
