Created by Lauren Le Prevost
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Under the 1791 Constitution Act, what was the Canadian political structure?
Why did Britain give the Legislative Assemblies tax raising power?
What year was the private land company, the Canada Company, given a royal charter to aid colonisation and for the development of the province?
In Upper Canada, who was the Family Compact?
In Upper Canada, what was the system of land tenure based off of?
Despite the free hold system, Britain did recognise the Indigenous peoples claim to land, how did they deal with this?
How much land was clergy reserves, and what did this mean?
Britain felt the best way to ensure Canadian loyalty was to set up the Anglican Church, however, the religions in Upper Canada primarily included what?
Despite the clergy reserves angering the non-Anglican population, why could nothing be done about it.
Instead of working with the legislative assembly to rise revenue, what did the government do?
Who were the Reformers?
How did the government raise the revenue (without the legislative assembly's influence), and why did this anger the Reformers?
What was happening during the 1820s-30s?
Who initiated and popularised the phrase for a "responsible and cheap government"?
In Lower Canada, what was the system of land tenure?
Why did the seigneurial system contrast unfavourably to the system in Upper Canada of free hold tenure?
What year was the Quebec Act and, in it, what did Britain allow and recognise?
Who were the Patriotes?
What years was Lord Dalhousie governor?
What year did the Lower Canada assembly refuse to vote, and why?
How many people signed the petition for Dalhousie's removal as governor?
To avoid threats of revolt inspired by the revolt in America, what did the Quebec Act (1774) entail?
What date did the Canada Committee publish its report, and what was this on?
Why did the British government fail to act on this?
What year did British parliament pass the Howick Act, what was this, and why did they pass it?
Who was the leader of the moderate and constitutional reformers, and when did this change?
What decade was the arrival of Irish immigrants, and why did this provoke tension?
How were the Irish immigrants assisted?
What years was Sir John Colbourne lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, and what did he do?
What was Colbourne's most controversial action?
What years was Sir Francis Head lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, and what did he do?
What did Head do during the 1836 election, and why was this surprising?
Head's campaign was successful in removing reformers from the legislative assembly, what did this convince the reformers of?
Furthermore, how was the 1836 election a victory for Head, after his campaign?
What are some examples of the laws passed to support the position of the new legislative assembly?
What date did Mackenzie launch a rebellion in Upper Canada, and what did the entail?
What happened on 5th December 1837?
What happened on 8th December 1837, and what happened as a result?
With British victory, what did hundreds, or possibly thousands, of rebels and rebel sympathisers do?
In Upper Canada, Irish emigration was blamed for economic strain. What did Britain blame for economic stagnation in Lower Canada?
Because the legislative assembly refused to vote to pay for the British Civil List, what did the British government calculate in the Russell Resolutions and what did this provoke?
What date did the banks close their doors, worsening their economic strain?
What did the political barrier and lack of political representation lead French-Canadians to do?
Who was Louis-Joseph Papineau?
Under Papineau's leadership, what did the legislative assembly do?
What date was the 92 Resolutions published by the patriotes, and what did they demand?
What date was the Russell Resolutions passed by the House of Commons, and what were they?
What Russell Resolutions provoke amongst the population of Lower Canada?
What year was the arrival of the commission of inquiry, who was this led by, and what was its full title?
What did Head disclose to the Upper Canada assembly, and what did this provoke?
What date did 500 or more patriotes form the Société des Fils de la Liberté?
What date did a street fight between the Doric Club (militant British and Anglican settlers and loyalist) and members of the Société des Fils de la Liberté? And, what was the name of the pro-Btitish newspaper offices that were destroyed?
What date did the British calvary and patriotes militia exchange shots in Montreal?
What date did rebel forces ambush a small British military detachment sent to arrest patriot leaders and Gosford issued a warrant for the arrest of patriot leaders, and on the charge of what?
What date was the patriot victory at St Denis, and who were they under?
What date was the British victory at St Charles, and under who?
What date did General Wetheral enter Montreal, and with how many prisoners captured from St Charles?
What date was the martial law declared in Lower Canada, and what does this mean?
What happened 14th December 1837?
Once order had been restored, how many patriotes were in the jails of Montreal?
What happened on 10th February 1838?
What happened on 27th April 1838?
Why did the British judge the situation to be worse in Lower Canada than in Upper Canada?
What was Lord Durhams real name?
What political party was he a member of, and what showed this?
What are two of Lord Durham's nicknames?
What date did Lord Durham arrive in Canada, after being dispatched at the request of Prime Minister Lord Melbourne (1834-41)?
Why did Melbourne try to intervene with Durham's choice of advisors?
How long did Durham hold the role of High Commissioner, as the executive power, stationed in Quebec - a prominent area of Lower Canada?
Who did Durham's aides-de-camp meet extensively with, and why?
What did Durham have sent to him for review?
What was Durham's aims for appointing a Commission of Inquiry on Crown Lands and Emigration?
Arguably, these recommendations came from Wakefield, who theorised what?
Who was Durham's official secretary?
What was Buller the author of, and who was he sympathetic towards?
Lord Brougham criticised Durham and his involvement in the report, saying what?
Durham freed most of the political prisoners, however, it was Buller's idea to do what with the most guilty? How did people feel about this?
However, how did Britain respond to the banishment?
Why didn't Melbourne's government defend Durham against the bill?
What date did Durham resign, feeling undermined and betrayed?
Why did Commander-in-chief John Colbourne assure Durham it was okay to leave?
Why were the Canadians willing to wait for Durham's report, rather than returning to rebellion?
What year was the Report on the Affairs of British North America published?
Why did the report recommend to unite Lower and Upper Canada?
What did the Report recommend regarding the French-Canadian freedoms granted in the 1784 Quebec Act?
How did the Report recommend going about the establishment of a responsible government, as defined by Robert Baldwin?
What happened on 10th February 1841?
Between 1848-55, what was granted to all Canadian colonies?
In the 1850s, where else was a responsible government granted to?
So, how did the establishment of responsible government, recommended by Durham's report, arguably saved the empire how?