Post 7: The New Act: More Changes?!?

January 13, 1791

I can't believe this. The British government has passed ANOTHER act! I mean, how many of those can they pass anyways? They called this one the Constitutional act, and its purpose was to respond to the complaints from some of the loyalists about not completely owning the land that they farm. I am happy that the government is paying attention to the loyalists and trying to help them, but MORE changes? I'm getting a bit annoyed by all of the changes. Anyways, here is what they changed:


- Quebec is now divided into two parts, Upper Canada and Lower Canada

- Every colony now has an assembly that will be elected by the people. This assembly would have the power to raise taxes.

- Upper Canada now has a new land ownership system called the English Freehold system. This system lets the farmers fully own their land. Lower Canada however, still has the seigneurial system. (I feel bad for them!)

- One 7th of the land in Upper Canada has been reserved as "Clergy Reserves". These pieces of land were for the Anglican Church only! Another 7th of the land has been called "Crown Reserves". This land is controlled by the lieutenant-Governor.


This is all the information I have been able to gather so far. I will try to find out more and write again the second I do.


February 2, 1791

I have been snooping around as much as I can, and I finally have found out as much as I could about the new Constitutional act. In my last entry, I simply wrote the things that were obvious to see, and were announced to all. I spent a lot of time and have found out a lot of things that were not mentioned, and were hard to see. I noticed that back in Crazy Rebel land, all of the citizens had been very active in the way their government worked, while here, the government is the government and that's final. So, naturally, when the loyalists came here, they weren't used to our type of government. They complained to the government and so, the government changed the way it worked. Now, male property owners can vote for people in the "Legislative Assembly", who propose laws and approve taxes. Other than that, there is the Executive Council, The Legislative Council and The Governor. Those three are appointed by the Sovereign. Even though they have given use influence, it still is barely any. That is all I was able to find for now. I will see if I take a liking to this system, I guess I will have to let you know next time.