HIST 208 Lecture Notes - Indian Rebellion Of 1857, Charlottetown Conference, Speech From The Throne
17 Dec 2012
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Cabinet ministers who advise the prime minister (not much changes) Essentially the party in power now has control over patronage, instead of governor and council. 1849 governor lord elgin gives the throne speech in english and french, shows again that educated englishmen were bilingual* Elgin signs rebellion losses bill, signs bill that compensates those who lost property in rebellions of 1837-38; english in quebec burnt down parliament buildings. 1851 census reveals population of canada west larger than pop of canada east, Then english canadians cry for rep. by pop. Was fine before when french had more population. Now with larger english population they could control the government with rep by pop. 57-64 six governments hold power in canada. Basically, canadian governance doesn"t work and everyone knows it. Raises question of how canada can be defended. Convinces macdonald of the dangers of a decentralized government . French canadian view that civil war happens when there is too much centralization from government.
