History 2201E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Rebellion Losses Bill, Complete Control
20 Jun 2012
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Lecture 10 part 2 path to responsible government. Irresponsible government: the executive is not responsible to the people. See slides on government: reformers win the majority of the legislative assembly in 1834. But still couldn"t get reforms through because of barriers between the legislative assembly and legislative council. Wrote a report and sent it to britain to address the problem: sir francis bond head. Disappointment as lieutenant governor as upper canada. Some think they mistook sir francis bond head for sir. Took some of the reformers into his executive council, but didn"t listen to their advice; caused havoc in the assembly. True rebellion breaks out in lower canada. Bond head sends troops from upper canada to quell the. Upper canadian rebellion rebellion: when the troops left for lower canada, mackenzie took action, met at montgomery tavern on december 7, 1837 to take over the government. Changed the date to december 4, but didn"t inform everyone.
