HIS263Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Francis Bond Head, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Louis-Joseph Papineau
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Secret ballot doesn"t happen until 1873, so the elections are open and public. Crowd either says yay or nay to elect. More serious than the upper canada rebellion. Both upper and lower were frustrated with the government structure. The structures were elected representatives of government, but the legislative assembly had very limited powers --- the executive council and legislative council (appointed) and controlled government jobs, timber licenses etc. It was treason and a crime against the crown. Form of democracy, and if you had the land qualification, you could run for office, but there is not a lot you can really do. 1820s and 1830s there were protests to get the british parliament to make constitutional changes to give more voice for reps in the legislative assembly. Moderate reform, but by 1837 there were enough people that wanted more dramatic action that actually wanted an active rebellion.
