Lord Durham's Report

"I found two nations warring within the bosom of a single state."

  

John Lambton, Earl of Durham

Read pages 43 - 45.

• Get into groups of four or five.  Pick a name for your group related to Upper or Lower Canada.
• On your group's turn, answer the following questions.  No stealing questions.

After the rebellions of 1837 the British government:

1. Placed new governors in the colonies to enforce their rules.
2. Realized that the old ways of governing would have to change.

Britain established a commission to investigate the problems in the colonies.  They appointed this person to do the investigation:

1. William Lyon Mackenzie
2. Lord Durham
3. John Lambton
4. James Craig

Which of the following things did Lord Durham NOT do?

1. Joined forces with the Chateau Clique and the Family Compact.
2. Traveled to the United States to patch up relations.
3. Appointed colonial experts to his staff.
4. Froze support for the rebels operating in the Northern US.

How did Lord Durham treat the rebels?

1. He treated them as leniently as possible.
2. He had them hanged or transported to Bermuda.

When Lord Durham saw that he had little support in Canada:

1. He became more determined and stayed until he became the first Prime Minister of Canada.
2. He became discouraged and resigned his commission and went home to England.

Which of the following did Lord Durham NOT recommend in his report:

1. Upper and Lower Canada should be joined together
2. The colonies should be given responsible government.
3. Eventually all of British North America be joined together.
4. The French should be allowed to preserve their language and culture.

What was Lord Durham's ultimate goal through creating unity in the Canadas?

1. To force the French to assimilate into English culture.
2. To join Canada with the United States.

What did Lord Durham assume was needed to create peace in Canada?

1. Land reform.
2. Democracy.
3. Strong military.
4. Cross Canada railway.

Other Review Questions:

The people of which colony were upset about land distribution:

1. Upper Canada
2. Lower Canada

Which of the following made up the oligarchies in early Canada?

1. The Family Compact
2. The Chateau Clique
3. Both

What kind of work did William Lyon Mackenzie do before leading the rebellion.

1. Farmer
2. Teacher
3. Newspaper owner
4. Land speculator

The French Canadians were influenced by something or someone which made it difficult for them to accept the British lack of democracy?

1. French Revolution
2. Chateau Clique
3. William Lyon Mackenzie
4. Louis Joseph Papineau
5. Underground Railroad

When the Irish immigrants began to arrive in Canada, what did the French fear?

1. That the Irish language and culture would replace the French language and culture.
2. That the Irish would bring the potato disease with them and cause famine in Quebec.
3. That the Irish and the British would begin to war over Lower Canadian land.
4. That the Irish had brought cholera and the British were trying to kill off all the French with the disease.

The government of Lower Canada tried to increase their profits by

1. taxing businessmen
2. taxing teachers
3. taxing the Chateau Clique
4. taxing the farmers
5. taxing the Family Compact

The leader of the reform movement in Lower Canada was:

1. William Lyon Mackenzie
2. Louis-Joseph Papineau
3. Wolfred Nelson
4. Edmund O'Callaghan

Which of the following did Upper and Lower Canada have in common:

1. Problems maintaining their own language.
2. Problems with land speculators.
3. Problems with an oligarchy.
4. Difficulty getting roads built.

What happened to the rebel leaders.

1. They were hanged or transported to Bermuda.
2. They were imprisoned and then sent back to England.
3. They were sent to the United States.
4. They were allowed to live quietly in the country.

Which group of people were NOT included in the Family Compact:

1. Farmers
2. Landowners
3. Businessmen
4. Administrators

Which of the following were NOT members of the Chateau Clique?

1. John Molson
2. James McGill
3. Louis-Joseph Papineau

Which religion was associated with Lower Canada?

1. Catholic
2. Anglican

Which of the following lead to rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada.

1. responsible government
2. democracy
3. oligarchy
4. representative government

A representative government is

1. elected
2. appointed