WDW101Y1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Louis-Joseph Papineau, Fernand Ouellet, Wartime Elections Act
22 May 2013
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No longer have government power, and slowly turned over seigneurs to english. Contest between agriculture and commerce donald creighton. Overpopulation from families having 6 children to average of 12. Ethnic/religious disparity between english wealth and french farmers. Ninety-two resolutions 1834 sent to britain is ignored. The family compact is family controlled with the same political ideology (leader: john. Strachan, adviser to the governors of upper canada) Commercial class wanted the establishment of banks and construction of canals to advance commerce. Agrarian class wanted roads to promote agricultural market and viewed canals and banks of little benefit to them. William lyon mackenzie a journalist turn politician calling for reform. Necessity for war or a middle-class response of industrialization and urbanization. Wartime labour shortage led to wmoen replacing them in the workplace. Used their new position to raise social issues such as women"s suffrage, child labour, and conditions in jails and asylums. Women"s right to vote came in three stages:
