HIS263Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Lower Canada, Ultramontanism, Chartism
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Despite being separate colonies, upper and lower canada were closely linked economically and politically: via: american canals and later railways, the reality was almost everything that was. Lower canada: elite merchants derived from activates in upper canada. In 1791 the british decided to introduce representative bodies to canada. Elected assemble, appointed legislative council to advise the governor. The governor general occupied the top tier of lower canada. The lieutenant governor performed the same task in upper canada. Nothing could be enacted without the agreement of the governors. The family compact and the chateau clique were cabals of the most powerful figures in the colonies outside of imperial administrator: the political elite that controlled the executive and legislative council met at the gove(cid:396)(cid:374)o(cid:396)"s (cid:272)hateau. Governors might come and go but the oligarchs were an element of the continuity in the colonies.