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Powers: British Regime Flashcards

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What were the loyalists against in the province of Quebec?

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  • Against french civil laws
  • Wanted removal of the seigneurial system
  • Want a legislative assembly
  • Want a territory with no Canadians
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What were some of the demands in the 92 resolutions?

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  • The election of members in the legislative council
  • Control of the budget
  • Abolition of the power of veto
  • More francophones in the government
  • Patronage should be abolished
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What did Lord Durham recommend in his report?

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  • Gradual assimilation of the french
  • Increase British immigration
  • Establishment of responsible government
  • Unify upper and lower Canada
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What are examples of power that British merchants have?

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  • Founded bank of Montreal
  • Funded expansion projects of canals
  • Funded construction of railways
  • Reinstated Habeas Corpus
  • Abolished taxes on trade and commerce
  • Had Murray called back to London and fired
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How did British merchants influence the governor?

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They wrote petitions and expressed their opinions in local newspapers

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To ensure the peace in the colony what did Governor James Murray do?

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Abolishes the test act and put french civil laws into place (English criminal laws are still there)

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How was the government set up with the Royal Proclamation?

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  • Civil government replaced military government
  • A governor was named by the king
  • Governor would chose a counsel to help him rule the colony
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What were the goals of the British merchants?

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They wanted to assimilate the French Canadians and subject them to British Institutes (English civil laws, abolition a of seigneurial system)

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What did British merchants demand concerning the government?

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The establishment of a Legislative Assembly from which French Canadians would be excluded

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How wasQuebec Divided in the Constitutional Act

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  • Upper and Lower Canada

- One legislative assembly to each colony

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When was the royal proclamation announced?

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1763

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What is the newly acquired British colony named? (Royal Proclamation)

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The Province Of Quebec

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What does the Royal Proclamation decide?

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Describes the operation of the new British colony. all aspects of the life of Canadians are mentioned therein

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The french civil and criminal laws were replaced by what with the Royal proclamation?

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English criminal and civil laws

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What did someone have to do to be part of the the government with the royal proclamation

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Test Act: putting your hand on the bible and saying the catholic religion is wrong and the pope has no authority

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What does the king of England decide to do to ensure the loyalty of the French Canadians in event of a war with the American Independence?

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Grants a new constitution: The Quebec Act

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When was the Quebec Act established?

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1774

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What happened to the territory after the Quebec Act?

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The expansion of the boundaries of Quebec and include the Ohio Valley and the Great Lakes

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What happened with the laws in the Quebec act

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French civil laws and British criminal laws

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What happened to religion after the Quebec Act

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  • No more test act
  • The right of freedom of worship for all Roman Catholics
  • Right to collect the tithe
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what was the type of government after the Quebec Act

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Same structure as before but now Catholics were able to take part of the government

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What happened to the size of Quebec after the American Revolution

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The size was reduced, all territory south of the Great Lakes was lost to the U.S.

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How many colonists remained loyal to the king after the American Revolution?

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1/3 of colonist

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When was the constitutional act?

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1791

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What was the goal of the constitutional act?

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To satisfy both the loyalists and the French

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What were the laws in upper and lower Canada with the Constitutional Act?

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Upper: British Criminal and British Civil
Lower: French civil and British Criminal

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How was land divided in Upper and Lower Canada?

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Upper: Townships
Lower: Seigneurial system (new land will be divided into townships)

27
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What kind of power did the king have?

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Power of veto

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Why was the government a false democracy?

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King had the power of veto

29
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Who was the leader of the Patriotes?

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Papineau

30
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When was the Act of Union

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1840

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What was the territory after the act of union?

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Canada West and Canada East

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What was the language after the act of union?

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English

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What were the laws after the act of union?

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Laws are unchanged

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What did they do with the debt from the Constitutional Act when they put the act of union into place?

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Lower Canada had no debt but since the colonies merged Lower Canada shares Upper Canada’s debt

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