What Has Replaced Fur As the Economic Engine of BNA

“Rebellion and Reform” Video Questions

1. What has replaced fur as the “economic engine” of BNA? 2. Where does most colonial lumber get shipped to? 3. How many newcomers are coming to Quebec per year by the 1830s? 4. What are they seeking in the new world? 5. Which colony is the fastest growing colony in the British empire? 6. What is happening to the Aboriginals in the area? 7. Why are the new settlers becoming angry and disappointed? 8. How long has Lower Canada been settled? 9. What are the tenant farmers of Lower Canada requesting from the Legislative Assembly?

Three Angry Men (15:09) 1. What does William Lyon Mackenzie call the group of people who surround the governor of Upper Canada? 2. What does Joseph Howe accuse the elite of doing in Nova Scotia? 3. Was Joseph Howe found guilty or acquitted (found not guilty) of the charge of libel? 4. Louis Joseph Papineau is the leader of what group in Lower Canada?

A Horrible Year (23:53) 1. What city is the “economic heart” in the Canadas in 1832? 2. How did people vote in elections? 3. What three things make cholera spread so quickly? 4. How many people died as a result of the cholera epidemic?

A Seething Anger (31:26) 1. What is the list of grievances and demands the Parti Patriote draws up called? 2. What political position does William Lyon Mackenzie hold when he draws up a list of demands to the British government? 3. Who else draws up a list of demands? Does he demand as much as Papineau and Mackenzie? 4. Does the British government do what the colonies demanded?

On the Eve of Rebellion (36:55) 1. What begins to happen in Lower Canada? 2. What does Mackenzie do in Upper Canada? Does he have support? 3. Where is the entire British garrison sent?

The Die is Cast (45:15 – 54:00) 1. What is the charge the arrest warrants are issued for? 2. What is the date that the fighting breaks out? 3. Do the rebels or the British soldiers win the battle at St. Denis? 1. How many rebels are there at St. Charles? How many soldiers are there at St. Charles? 2. Do the rebels or the British soldiers win the battle at St. Charles? 3. How many men joined Mackenzie by December 4 at Montgomery’s Tavern? 4. What did Mackenzie’s followers do when they were attacked by 20 militiamen? 5. What did Mackenzie’s followers do when they were attacked by 1000 militiamen? 6. Where does Mackenzie go?

The Last Stand (1:04:22) 1. What happens at the village church in St. Eustache? 2. Where does Louis Joseph Papineau go?

The Calm Between the Storms (1:10:27) 1. What is the “Hunter’s Lodge” preparing to do? 2. What are Lord Durham’s orders as the new Governor-General? 3. What happens in Lower Canada after Lord Durham returns to England? 4. How long did the second rebellion last in Lower Canada? 5. What happened in Upper Canada? 6. What happens to the homes of the rebels in Lower Canada?

The Union of the Canadas (1:20:49) 1. What does Lord Durham recommend? 2. What is the serious problem Lord Durham saw in Lower Canada? 3. What does Lord Durham propose and why? 4. What does the British government agree to? 5. What is Joseph Howe now facing in Nova Scotia? 6. What does Robert Baldwin propose? 7. Does Louis Hipployte LaFontaine agree or disagree with Baldwin? 8. When does the Act of Union take effect? 9. What does LaFontaine do to avoid more violence? 10.What surprising thing happens to LaFontaine in North York? And, to Baldwin in Rimouski?

Vindication (1:32:54) 1. What are manufacturers now allowed to do? 2. What is finally granted? 3. Which colony first gets Responsible Government and in what year? 4. What does the Baldwin-LaFontaine government propose in the Province of Canada? What is the bill called? 5. What does the Governor, Lord Elgin, decide about the bill? 6. What happens because of his decision?

An End and a Beginning (1:41:18-1:44:21) 1. Which of the reform leaders continues his political career?