Grade 7 · Social Studies · Unit 10 of 10
Reform & Rebellion
Fights for self-government
What your child practises
Government in Upper and Lower Canada, the Family Compact and Château Clique, the Rebellions of 1837 to 1838 from several points of view, the Durham Report, the Act of Union, immigration and hardship, and responsible government in 1848.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: History B1.1, B1.2, B2.3, B2.5, B3.1, B3.3, B3.4, B3.7 · reform movements, rebellions and political change in Canada between 1800 and 1850
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Peter Jones (Kahkewāquonāby), a Mississauga leader and Methodist minister, travelled to Britain in the 1830s to…
- buy a ship
- fight in the army
- speak for his community's rights to its land
- open a bank
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speak for his community's rights to its land
Hint: He asked the British government to recognize his people's title to land.
Question 2
Which statement is the fairest about the rebels of 1837 and 1838?
- Everyone agreed that they were criminals
- Everyone agreed that they were heroes
- Nobody has ever disagreed about them
- People at the time and since have judged them differently, so historians weigh their goals and their methods
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People at the time and since have judged them differently, so historians weigh their goals and their methods
Hint: Perspectives differ. Good history looks at goals, actions and consequences.
Question 3
Put these events in the order they happened.
- 📄Lord Durham's report
- ⚔️Rebellions in Lower and Upper Canada
- 🔥The Rebellion Losses Bill and the burning of Parliament
- 📜Ninety-Two Resolutions in Lower Canada
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Ninety-Two Resolutions in Lower Canada → Rebellions in Lower and Upper Canada → Lord Durham's report → The Rebellion Losses Bill and the burning of Parliament
Hint: Ninety-Two Resolutions 1834, rebellions 1837 to 1838, Durham Report 1839, Act of Union 1840, responsible government 1848, Rebellion Losses Bill 1849.
Question 4
Which group's main goal was this? "Elected government and protection of French language and laws"
Groups in the 1830s and what they wanted Group Main goal Patriotes (Lower Canada) Elected government and protection of French language and laws Reformers (Upper Canada) A government that answers to the elected assembly Family Compact Keep the existing order and close ties to Britain Château Clique Keep power and protect British commercial interests - Patriotes (Lower Canada)
- Château Clique
- Reformers (Upper Canada)
- Family Compact
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Patriotes (Lower Canada)
Hint: Match the goal to the group in the table.
Question 5
In what year did the rebellions begin in Lower Canada and then Upper Canada?
- 1812
- 1848
- 1867
- 1837
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1837
Hint: The fighting began in November and December 1837.
Question 6
The Act of Union joined which two colonies into the Province of Canada?
- Lower Canada and Newfoundland
- Upper Canada and Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
- Upper Canada and Lower Canada
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Upper Canada and Lower Canada
Hint: The Act passed in 1840 and took effect in 1841.