Canada's Road Was Evolutionary Not Revolutionary

“Canada’s road was evolutionary, not revolutionary.” To what extent do you agree with this question?

The road leading to Canada’s independence was evolutionary due to a series of incremental changes and factors such as isolated rebellions, conferences, and the important acts. The Lower and Upper Canada to form a new country, and a new leading government which was mostly lead by the Constitution Act, 1867.

Whereas some nations lead a dramatic revolution to gain their independence, Canada's path was more measured as it evolved from a colony to an independent nation. A revolution is an overthrow and the replacement of a government by the people whereas a rebellion is a resistance or opposition to any authority, control, or tradition. (1)

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As with Lower Canada, the requests of the Upper Canada people were ignored, which led them to rebel. The Upper Canada Rebellion was controlled by William Lyon Mackenzie who organized militias train and seized York armoury. A result of this organization the British took action and attacked in January, which caused the rebels to flee to the US where they formed the “Hunters Patriots.” The Hunters Patriots crossed back to Canada in November 1838 and were defeated by the British because they had no army powerful enough to fight against the British. These rebellions showed how the Canadians were demanding for change, but their requests were being ignored by the British and the chateau clique. These isolated rebellions showed how the Canadians were opposing the authority and control of the British over Canada The rebellions led Upper and Lower Canada to recognize a common cause and they combined Upper and Lower Canada to create a single Canada in the Act of Union in 1840. In addition, a drive for a greater Canadian confederacy grew out of the need for a common defense, the necessity of determining a solution to the problem between the French and British people. When the Maritime provinces, which were seeking union among themselves, called the Charlottetown conference in 1864, delegates from the other provinces of Canada attended. Later in the year, another conference was held on October 1864 in Québec City called the Quebec conference and it helped shape the new Canadian government by creating a Bicameral legislature. The Québec conference helped lead to Canada’s independence because it was refining and focussing on the 72 resolutions and deciding on the broader issues discussed in the Charlottetown conference