Question | Answer |
Upper canada | modern day ontario |
Lower canada | quebec |
Loyalist | settlers loyal to britain |
Absentee landlords | bought lands left it empty in hopes of speculating |
Land speculators | people who bought land at low prices and sold high |
Family compact | Upper Canada, oligarchy |
Chateau clique | english speaking brewers and bankers, lower canada |
Crown and clergy reserves | blocked road development, benefit upper class and anglican church, took up 2/7th of land |
Oligarchy | group of small and powerful men |
Representative government | government officials that were elected |
Responsible government | government subject to the votes of people |
Act of union | 1840 put a system in to get rid of olicharchy in power |
Act of union | 1840 put a system in to get rid of olicharchy in power |
Durham report | He was governor sent to investigate rebellion 4 main points: assimilate the french, unite the colonies, industrialize, responsible government |
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