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The Canadas Troubles, 1831–41

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Colonial Self-Government

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Abstract

The Howick Act of 1831 soon became the short test of British politicians’ views on the Canadas. Ought it be repealed, suspended, or followed by further concessions? Was it a late return to the policy followed by Pitt and Grenville in 1791, or a mere palliative to reduce colonial dissatisfaction?

The Whigs … did have firmly held principles. They really believed in giving the colonists control over their own internal affairs, and had the colonial assemblies been able to agree as to the form of self-government they wanted, they would probably have got it between 1835 and 1837.

H. T. Manning1

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Ward, J.M. (1976). The Canadas Troubles, 1831–41. In: Colonial Self-Government. Cambridge Commonwealth Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-02712-5_3

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