Chateau Clique

The Clique's problem and solution

• They were against French culture

• What they saw as a solution was to have everybody adapt to British culture.

Stupid? yes.

Rebellions of 1837 and 1838

Impact of Lord Durham's Report

• The rebellion of 1837 in Lower Canada began with Patriotes wanting change in the Government, and fought against the Chateau Clique.

Lord Durham was sent to Canada to understand/ state the situation of the Colonies. After returning to England he made two recommendations.

• They did not participate in the rebellions because they did not agree with the people rebelling

• The short term consequences of the rebellion were that 32 people died, 47 were wounded, and the leaders and supporters of the rebellion were arrested by the government.

• The findings of the report would take away Chateau Clique's power.

• Chateau Clique had no contribution to the findings of the report.

• They did not approve of the findings.

• The C.C had no recommendations.

The government was concentrated on punishing the rebels instead of fixing the colony.

A Brief Description

What they thought

Long Term Consequences

• The C.C, ensured that important positions went to members of the same social, political and economic circles.

• They benefited from the current status of government, and they resisted change.

• Wealthy families and appointed members of a council who advised the governor on local matters.

• The act of Union brought Upper and Lower Canada together, and the responsible government was granted in 1848.

• This lead to confederation in 1867. It created the roots of today's French "separatism".

• Our group did achieve it's aims, the British dominated and still do today. The French culture however, was not eliminated or suppressed.

• Although they were quietly trying to convince Britain to unite Upper and Lower Canada into a single province with a single legislature

• This would give anglophones the majority and eventually lead to the assimilation of the French.

• Mostly British merchants

• Purchased and traded their way into power

Relationships

Act of Union 1840

• Some were French Canadian seigneurs (often looking for government favor)

• The equivalent of the Family Compact in Upper Canada.

• Dominant members were John Molson and James McGill

• Weren't really favored or liked by citizens, who were becoming unhappy

• The Act of Union partially met their demands.

• It did not assimilate French culture but it did stop the French political and economical interest overruling Britain's.

• This act failed to meet the demands of the group because they failed to assimilate all French Canadians.

• Leaders like Papineau were leading patriots against the governor and the Chateau Clique

James McGill

John Molson

(looking very posh)

The Chateau Clique and the Act of Union

System of Government at the time

• After the Constitutional Act of 1791 there were two major ruling bodies: The Assembly and Council.

• Legislative Assemblies were filled with persons elected by the people of Canada

• Legislative Councils and Executive Councils contained members appointed by the Governor.

• They ruled below the Crown, Governor, and Lieutenant Governor, in that order.

• Councils were appointed by the higher-ups in government, so they often contained upper-class Loyalists .

• The councils could veto any laws or taxation sent up from the assemblies

(This gave the councils ultimate power in most decisions)

In this Prezi we will...

• Hopefully inform you about the Chateau Clique, who they were and where they stood at this time in Canadian history

• Make insightful points and sound really smart

Something that's good to know

• Do things that will get us a good mark

• The name Chateau Clique is of French origin because of the French populous and is called such because the governor’s residence was the Château St Louis.

• This is the location where meetings among the councils were held, hence the term Clique.

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