American Revolution imported

• BILL - pre-law OF GOVERNMENT OF UPPER CANADA
• Constitutional Act 1791


  Established the governance structure for Upper Canada
• Absolute Monarch


  • Make laws for the British Empire
  • Decide on bills passed
  • Up to 2 years to make a decision
• Colonial Government


  • 3 Appointed by British Government
  • Make laws
  • Enforce laws
• Executive Council


  • Appointed for life
  • Advise the government
  • Ensure laws are being carried out in the colony
• Elected Assembly (Legislative)


  • Voted in by people for 5 years terms
  • Make bills to be turned into law
  • Have control over taxation
• Legislative Council


  • Appointed for life
  • Look over bills passed by legislative assembly
  • Have power to veto
• Voters had to be 18 years old or older
• House of Commons and House of Lords make laws for the British Empire
• Parliament (British Government)


  • Appoint Governors
  • Can take 2 years to decide on bills
• The Six Nations lived in what is now New York State.
• During the American Revolution most of the Iroquoian people were loyal to Britain and fought on their side.
• When the revolution was over, Britain invited the Iroquoian people to move to British North America.
• Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant) led his people to the Grand River area (now called the Six Nations Reserve).
• After the American Revolution, American settlers moved westward by the thousands into the lands set aside for Native peoples by the Proclamation of 1763.
• The Constitutional Act of 1791


  1791
• In 1791, Britain split the Quebec colony.
• The western portion newly settled by the Loyalists became the colony of Upper Canada.
• The area east of the Ottawa River became the colony of Lower Canada.
• The colonies took their names from their location along the St. Lawrence River.
• Aims of the Constitutional Act

  To recognize the bicultural nature of Quebec<|>To provide a government satisfying both British and French<|>To give the people an elected Legislative Assembly, but limiting the assembly's power
• By giving the people elected assemblies with limited power, the British government attempted to ensure that the situation in the Thirteen Colonies did not happen in British North America.
• Government of Quebec


  • Ruled by an appointed British governor
  • Appointed council
• The seigneurial system was allowed to remain in Quebec.
• Bicultural


  Having two cultures (British and French) existing side by side in the same country or province
• The United Empire Loyalists were American colonists that stayed loyal to Britain.
• Refugee


  Someone that is forced to flee their country seeking safety.
• During and after the American Revolution, thousands of Loyalists travelled north by land and sea to settle in British North America.
• Many Loyalists fled due to being harassed by rebels.
• Problems created by Loyalists for the British Government

  • Population increase
  • Desire for elected assemblies
  • Desire not to be governed from Halifax
• The Loyalists were frustrated by the lack of an elected assembly in Quebec.
• The Loyalists were frustrated by traditional French laws for governing land and property.
• Colonies created by the British Government for the Loyalists

  • New Brunswick
  • Cape Breton
• After the war, more than 100,000 colonists still loyal to Britain left the United States.
• Nearly 60,000 Loyalists went to Britain or the Caribbean; the rest came north by ship to Nova Scotia or Quebec during the period 1781-1783.
• The United Empire Loyalists represented a wide range of people in the American colonies.
• Most Loyalists were rewarded for their loyalty with food rations, a little money, and free land.
• The majority of the Loyalists settled in the Maritimes.
• Loyalists founded the city of Saint John at the mouth of the St. John River.
• Many Loyalists found the process of clearing land and building homes and farms very difficult.