Nationalism In the Canadas
Key Points
-Representative Government = members of parliament elected by public
- Responsible government = can be voted out if needs are not met for the people
- Governemnt of Upper and Lower Canada ruled by Oligarchy
- Meaning "Powered by small groups of very rich men"
- Citizens did not agree with the oligarchy government
- Many immigrants enjoyed the new land, however did not agree with taxes
- French felt outnumbered by British and treatened by oligarchy
- Robert Gourlay surveyed the public on their views of government
- Most were unhappy
- Gourlay was arrested and thrown out of the country
- William L. Mackenzie established "The Colonial Advocate" and critisized the government of upper Canada
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- Responsible government = can be voted out if needs are not met for the people
- Governemnt of Upper and Lower Canada ruled by Oligarchy
- Meaning "Powered by small groups of very rich men"
- Citizens did not agree with the oligarchy government
- Many immigrants enjoyed the new land, however did not agree with taxes
- French felt outnumbered by British and treatened by oligarchy
- Robert Gourlay surveyed the public on their views of government
- Most were unhappy
- Gourlay was arrested and thrown out of the country
- William L. Mackenzie established "The Colonial Advocate" and critisized the government of upper Canada
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Summary
When immigrants settled in their townships of Lower and Upper Canada, they were pleased with their land, however the inequal taxation and discrimination seemed to be a problem. The citizens of the new country wanted a responsible, representative ogvernemnt. However, the small Oligarchy seemd to have the most political power in Upper and Lower Canadas. The french-Canadians felt especially targeted by the English speaking government because they felt the Enlish immigrants were trying to outnumber them,. Robert Gourlay conducted a survey asking the citizens of upper and lower Canada on their views of their Government. As a result, most of the public was unhappy with the Family Compact/ Chateau clique. Gourlay was eventually arrested and thrown out of the country. William Mackenzie then took up Gourlays mission and establish his newspaper, which critisized the Governemnt of Upper Canada.