Colonial Government and the Need for Reform.1837 Rebellions

Voters/People

• Who got the vote?

• male, white, landowning

• What was the voting process like?

• open. public. almost a spectacle –– what are some of the effects of this?

Legislative Assembly

•Draft laws, make proposals to the councils and Governor.

•projects they were interested in:

•roads

•schools

Executive and Legislative Councils• what is the term you use, when a small

group of influential people dominate or rule a government?

• What were the names of the particular group in Upper Canada running the show? And what were their goals, what did they want?

• Veto power.

• Appointed positions.

Governor

•British, therefore a foreigner

•what might be some of the implications of the Governor, not being from Canada?

British Government

•Mother England

•This is the colonial system they used throughout the Empire.

Colonial Government and Need for Reform

1.What is representative government?

2.What is responsible government?

Closure

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