Chapter Thirteen: Upper Canada, 1815-1840:
An Evolving Identity

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Question 1
The majority of black immigrants to Upper Canada settled
a. in the Oro township on Lake Simcoe.
b. in the Waterloo county.
c. on Thomas Talbot’s land.
d. along the American border.

Question 2
In 1818, what did the government of Upper Canada change in its relations with Native peoples?
a. It helped the Mississauga adjust to farming.
b. It offered to make annual payments for Native lands.
c. It relocated the Anishinabeg to Manitoulin Island.
d. It temporarily dissolved all reserves.

Question 3
Who was the leader of the Family Compact?
a. Sir Peregrine Maitland
b. John Strachan
c. Egerton Ryerson
d. John Beverly Robinson

Question 4
In matters of education, the Upper Canadian Assembly
a. opposed the idea of common schools controlled by the Church of England.
b. agreed with Strachan that non-sectarian schools would undermine the colony.
c. urged the creation of an Anglican provincial university.
d. introduced the Common Schools Act but did not provide money for its enforcement.

Question 5
The Kingston Penitentiary was established to
a. punish social outcasts.
b. house and reform women who committed infanticide.
c. rehabilitate criminals.
d. obtain cheap manual labour.

Question 6
The British government built the Rideau Canal to
a. facilitate easier transportation of goods and people to the eastern part of the colony.
b. improve the economy.
c. introduce new species of fish into the Great Lakes.
d. help defend the colony in case of an American attack.

Question 7
Who favoured the idea of township meetings where people could voice their grievances?
a. Robert Gourlay
b. Marshall Spring Bidwell
c. John Strachan
d. Andew Jackson

Question 8
Which of the following demands was not a part of the "Seventh Report on Grievances"?
a. The establishment of a statue describing Upper Canada’s ties to the British empire.
b. The creation of an executive body responsible to the Assembly.
c. The placement of limitations on the lieutenant governor.
d. The creation of an elected Legislative Council.

Question 9
After the Upper Canadian Rebellion in December 1837, William Lyon Mackenzie
a. was executed on Yonge Street.
b. committed suicide.
c. escaped to the United States.
d. disappeared and no one knows what became of him.

Question 10
What did Lord Durham recommend in his report?
a. The establishment of an elected assembly in Lower Canada.
b. Increased political dependence of Upper Canada on Britain.
c. The union of Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
d. The protection of the French speakers’ culture.

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