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How Was The Act Of Union A Positive Step Towards Peace For Canada

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The Canadian Act of Union in 1840
To what extent was the Act of Union a positive step towards peace for Canada?

Timothy Chua
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Abstract: To what extent was the Act of Union a positive step towards peace for Canada? The essay introduces a very fresh British North America outlining some causes of the mass immigrants coming in, mentioning Loyalists, and Pioneers arriving from Europe. The text mentions ethnic conflict and rebellion taking place within Quebec and explains the solution for this brought up by Lord Durham within his famed Durham Report. It then mentions the passing of Lord Durham’s proposal, and questions if its passing was a good thing or not. The essay proceeds …show more content…

The unification of both Canadas (eliminating the previous Upper and Lower Canadian borders) created a large difference in population between the English and French, setting an English Majority (and sparking racial tensions).
B. Removal of the existing Upper and Lower Canadian legislatures, which were functioning until their …show more content…

Eventually, it was necessary to create smaller Municipalities, bringing further order and peace to the system. With a united Canada, a surplus educational and health institutions were now able to become part of the Church’s monopoly, granting a noticeable amount of cash flow. Alongside that, the Act of Union allowed the English Population overcome the French Population, as British Parliament viewed a more orderly people to be mostly British. This brought success in swaying the outcomes of public opinion and other social segments, minimizing the French’s worth. The unification also permitted the coexistence of both the French Civil Law and the English Crime Law, which could have had conflicting results, but nevertheless worked out peacefully. The Act of Union also marked the start of granting peaceful independence to other colonies, despite not being the first, much like the Act of Union passed in 1909 by the British Parliament, creating the Union of South Africa. These positive results that emerged from the passed Act could deem it a success, working towards

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