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History (The Rebellions (Lower Canada (The Durham Report (In 1838 Lord…

- - - - In 1838 Lord Durham was sent to upper and lower Canada to investigate the causes of the two rebellions. The Durham report said; Upper and Lower Canada should be united into one political entity, In order to assimilate the french Canadians into British culture, British citizens should immigrate to British North America, Responsible government should be granted, in which the legislative assembly would be elected by the public, The colonial governments should have control over internal affairs, Durham declared that the french Canadians had "no literature, and no history, In lower Canada, Durham concluded that the conflict was based on ethnic division.
- - - - Richard Pierpoint and Laura Secord were two unlikely figures that played an importand role in the War of 1812.
        
        Laura Secord
        
        Laura Secord walked 30km from Queenston beaver dams, near Thorld , to warn James FitzGibbons that the Americans were planing to attack.
        
        Richard Pierpoint
        
        Richard Pierpoint signed the petition of free negroes, which demanded their land grants be next to each other; petition was an attempt to form a black community.
- - - - The Royal Proclamation and the Quebec Act
        
        The Royal Proclamation
        
        All lands west of the Thirteen Colonies are reserved for the First Nations, British colonists are prohibited from expanding into these areas.
        
        The Quebec Act of 1774 was an act of the parliment of Great Britain that set new provisions for the governace of Quebec.
        
        Dispancement; the Loyalists
        
        During and after the American Revolutionary War, the Loyalists, who stayed loyal to Britain, left the Thirteen Colonies and settled in Canada.