Responsible Government: The Rebellions In Lower Canada

In Canadian history, nationalism and sovereignty tend to be common themes prevalent since Confederation. A well-known example of this in Quebec was during the Quiet Revolution which strengthened the need for change through Premier Lesage’s reforms and in turn, developed a strong sense of nationalism in Quebec. In contrast to beliefs that the rapid modernization of the Quiet Revolution had a positive impact on Quebec, it rather had a negative impact on Quebec and its citizens and identity. The three consequences which arose in Quebec as a result of the revolution are the encouragement of separatism, the elimination of traditional values and roles and the establishment of powerful bureaucratic control. Quebec’s attempt to be more like the

The War of Regulation was caused by corruption in the government. Officials were unfair and corrupt. Many of the officers were deemed to be very greedy and oftentimes would band together with other local officials for their own personal gain as they sometimes stole tax money along with other things. This war ended with the rebels winning and the regulators were forced to leave. This rebellion was different from the other rebellions for the fact that it did play a role in giving people the confidence to have an American Revolution as the regulators ended up becoming tories while the rebels ended up becoming patriots. The causes of this rebellion were similar to the others as people were unsatisfied with the way the colony was being ran.

“The spirit of democracy cannot be imposed from without. It has to come from within”. (Gandhi) A lawful and fair democracy is one that represents the people, where the will of the people is done not where the government’s will is enforced. Here in Canada we believe a democratic government is well suited for its people but like any other system it has its flaws. This country was a model democracy. Canada’s wealth, respect for legal, human and civil rights almost promises that this country has the potential to uphold a legitimate democracy. Reading headlines today concerning the state of democracy in Canada we can see how our political system is slipping. A democracy should uphold the rights of its people rather than the rights of a

Obviously, this didn’t work out, as members of the lower class society didn’t have much power to do anything. Today, feudalism has evolved to capitalism as private owners control their business for individual profit, individuals can hire their own employees and social hierarchy is still relevant to our generation. Nonetheless, our law system today learned from the mistakes of feudalism to enforce laws preventing unjust actions from surfacing. This is evident where the rules of law states, everyone is under the law even people with authority and a principal of law and justice declares, treat like cases alike and different cases differently. Additionally, employment laws are also established to restrain unfair/unsafe labour. To end, a variety of Canada’s laws reflect on feudalism and differentiates us from other countries who still live in a monarchical

Democracy the government is established on cheap transcription and balanced, make sure primarily based basic leadership in individuals normally intrigue. the nice government offers long-term strength, security from dangers each residential and abroad, and a dream that extends well past four-year call cycles.

The textbook and the diary entry are both similar on how the massacre began, but the textbook states that the soldiers came to assist White, ending in the soldier being surrounded by the crowd and one of the soldiers being knocked down. The soldier that was knocked down, got up and fired his musket according to the textbook, but the diary entry stated that Captain Preston commanded the soldiers to fire. The textbook does not state anything about the soldiers being immediately removed, but states that the redcoats left for Canada.

The rebellions of Upper and Lower Canada were in the interests of self-government but were doomed to failure from their beginning. Each of these two colonies encountered a great deal of problems right from the institution of the Constitution Act of 1791 and the problems continually got worse until the only choice to some seem to be rebellion. There were several problems that lead to the rebellions of 1837-38. In Lower Canada there was the agricultural crisis that caused a large number of starvations, to the French and English political and social problems within the colony. There were several different reasons that caused the rebellion in Upper Canada but these caused were mainly rooted in

Bacon’s Rebellion, Coode’s Rebellion, and Leisler’s Rebellion all happened between the dates of 1676-1691. Each rebellion was a cease or change of power. Whereas, in 1676, Nathaniel Bacon, recruited common men, John Coode used puritans and Jacob Leisler used his militia.

Most reasons of upper and lower Canada rebelled are similar. Firstly, the chateau clique,the family compact and the Government. The three groups are English. The family compact wanted the government to ignore the problems of the land, and the chateau clique is kinda the same when they raised the taxes of the land but not the business. Secondly, gourlay and the 92 resolutions. The rebellions

The most important aspect of this proposal deals with the aftermath of the Canadian insurrections. This will be of extreme to significance to the reader as the aftermath of the rebellion would change the destiny of Canada. After learning of the uprisings in the Canadian colonies the British parliament sent a commission to study the causes. Lord Durham was named governor on May of 1839 and was in placed in charge of establishing an inquiry into the rebellions. From this inquiry came a list of recommendations submitted to the parliament in London (Outlett, 275). Two recommendations in this report became extremely significant to Canadian history.

Lenox and Neville were not allowed to pass until they told the mob this was not true and when riding away a shot was fired towards them. One morning Neville was asleep he was awoken to an angry mob outside of his home in which they told him that Lenox had a threat to his life in which Neville didn't believe this and told them to get off of his property in which they refused so Neville shot into the crowd killing Oliver Miller. This caused the angry mob to shoot back and Neville made it back into his house and sounded the alarm which caused his slaves to begin shooting at the crowd until they left. Later seven hundred men marched to Neville's home and was met by 10 soldiers one being Major James Kirkpatrick that had helped Neville escape his home. The angry crowd began setting fire to a barn and slave dwellings then begun to fire shots at the house which started a one-hour gunfight until the soldiers surrendered when Bower Hill estate burned to the ground.

While the delegates were discussing terms, there was an American Civil War taking place to the south. Britain was wanting to reduce its financial and military aids with its North American colonies. This added to the giant United States armies posed a large threat to the Province of Canada and the leaders and delegates decided to take action. In fear of the United States taking over the northern half on the continent, there needed to be change in the colonies. When word spread of a conference being held in Charlottetown, the Canadian politicians took the opportunity, sending a delegation that had not been invited but was welcomed nonetheless. After the Canadians arrived to the Conference and shared their ideas, the other attendees needed some time to think. After seeing no big reason to disagree with the Province of Canada about uniting all of the colonies, they gave their final statement: A unanimous vote towards the federation of all of the provinces, as long at the terms were approved.

When news of this meeting became known in the Canada’s, John A Macdonald decided to lead a contingent of coalition government and opposition members to Charlottetown to propose a larger union of the colonies. They campaigned for an invitation to the

The post war revolts were demonstrations by soldiers and labourers protesting the conditions which resulted after the ending of the war. Individuals all over Canada and the world expressed their dismay at the current situation. Soldiers in Victoria revolted, there was increased tensions from soldiers stationed in England, and even general labour strikes. These events all culminated in a period of hypertension among the state and its citizens. When exploring the related weeks and readings to the subjects, it can be seen that these effects were caused by the ending of World War I, or at least exacerbated by it.

The confederation agreement of 1867, which included Nova Scotia and New Brunswick gave both the French and English what they wanted without resorting to separation. The French people of Canada east had more control over their culture , were as close to independence as possible at the time. They also gained freedom from domination of the majority (English speakers of Canada west). The English people gained