Friday 26 October 2012

Who did more to see the foundation of Canada as we know it today, Lord Durham or Lord Elgin?

Lord Elgin was more important, because Elgin took Durham's solutions of responsible government. For Upper and Lower Canada so no rebels with want to fight against the government. Durham's solutions were covering the main solutions that would make a better government. There were problems that most people knew about and needed to be change, because the government was not a responsible one in Upper and Lower Canada. Something needed to be done so Elgin took the solutions that Durham made  and used it to his advantage to make a fair responsible government so he signed a bill since he was the governor general of Canada. The bill was for any people that lost property in the rebellions of Lower Canada would get money from government taxes. English people got angry at him and attacked his carriage and burned down parliament since he was trying to have a responsible government to everyone including the French.

1 comment:

  1. Good. Try to be more specific about the other things Durham wrote and why Elgin's passing of the Rebellion Losses Bill stood for more responsible government.

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