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Loyalists Part 2

Loyalists Part 2. December 15, 2011. Shanty. Clergy Reserves. Crown Reserves. Crown Reserves . Did this system work? Why or Why not?. How did Simcoe populate U.C.?.

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Loyalists Part 2

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  1. Loyalists Part 2 December 15, 2011

  2. Shanty

  3. Clergy Reserves

  4. Crown Reserves

  5. Crown Reserves • Did this system work? Why or Why not?

  6. How did Simcoe populate U.C.? • He traveled widely and listened attentively to the advice of experts. He interacted with everyday people, be they aboriginals, trappers, or farmers. His envisioned far-reaching constitutional, political, and social reform that would ultimately establish the basis of Upper Canada.

  7. Fort York • So close to the United States, there was a fear of invasion • Chosen because they could ‘control Lake Ontario’ • Fort York guards the western (at the time of construction, the only) entrance to the bay

  8. Political Reforms by Simcoe • 1792, the people of Upper Canada ‘elected’ their first Legislative Assembly • Lieutenant Governor (Simcoe) would selected members to sit on two councils, the Executive Council and the Legislative Council to assist him in government. • The two councils held lif

  9. Executive Council and the Legislative Council • Held lifetime appointments • a veto • controlled colonial finances exercised the real power • They became known as…. The “Family Compact”

  10. Legislative Assembly • elected for four-year terms were supposed to represent the voice of the people • The reality was something very different as the Councils consistently blocked the reforms that they tried to institute

  11. Simcoe Inspects Guard, First Assembly, 1792

  12. What do you think? John Graves Simcoe = "Father of Upper Canada"

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