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SS 10: Canada 1815
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Upper Canada | British colony originally established to accommodate the loyalists fleeing due to the American Revolution. The Family Compact held political power over this colony from the 1810s to the 1840s. |
| Lower Canada | Colony along the lower St. Lawrence river. Mostly rural communities with well over 200 years of settlement. French Canadien culture dominates the population, but a minority English elite rules over the colony. The chateau clique runs the politics. |
| The Great Migration | Post-war depression and Industrial Revolution in Britain drove a million people to immigrate to British colonies in North America. |
| End of competition in the fur trade | |
| Louis-Joseph Papineau | Wealth seigneur who was a strong supporter of French order. Elected into the Legislative assembly in 1809. Lead the "parti canadien," a group that wanted to bring back French language, Roman Catholic religion, and return to traditional agriculture methods |
| Château Clique | Mostly composed of English merchants. Wanted to improve transport for their own benefit. |
| Family Compact | Powerful minority, mostly family/friends known as Tories. Dominated the executive and legislative councils. Traditional and loyal to Britain, opposed democracy and didn't want people of the U.S. to be part of the government of Upper Canada. |
| William Lyon Mackenzie | Editor of the Colonial Advocate. Member of the legislative assembly for Upper Canada. Radical reformer who denounced the Family Compact in his publications. |
| Reformers | Opposers of the family compact. They wanted changes in the government and society of Upper Canada. Didn't like the way the family compact treated Americans. |
| Radicals | Radicals wanted Upper Canada to have a government moulded after the U.S. |
| Joseph Howe |