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- Act of Union:
- A system which requires that government ministers should be elected members of the legislative assembly, not appointed by the governor
- Thirteen Colonies:
- British colonies to the south of Quebec
- Royal Proclamation:
- Signed in 1763. meant to protect Natives from uncontrolled white settlements
- William Lyon Mackenzie:
- Wealthy ruling group who controlled Upper Canada
- Louis-Joseph Papineau:
- Wealthy ruling group who controlled Lower Canada
- American Revolution:
- colonists who remained loyal to the British king
- Family Compact:
- Form of government opposing the monarchy
- Great Migration
- Change in technology, brought about by improvements in machinery and by use of steam power
- Great Famine:
- Period of immigration to Canada from 1815 to 1850.
- Republican:
- Leader of the French in the assembly in Lower Canada
- Loyalists American:
- This act united Upper and Lower Canada into one colony
- Lord Durham:
- Leader of the reformers in Upper Canada.
- Quebec Act:
- Signed in 1774, intended to reorganize the way these British territories were governed
- Treaty of Paris:
- This treaty ended the Seven Years War
- Mississippi River:
- river system in the mid part of United States.
- Industrial Revolution:
- British settlers who rebelled against England in the Thirteen Colonies
- Lieutenant-Governor:
- Head of government in Quebec
- Halifax:
- the main British naval port in the West Atlantic in1749
- Battle of the Plains of Abraham:
- Quebec was captured after this battle
- Responsible government:
- He was sent to investigate the causes of the rebellions and to propose changes.