1. The End of the Rebellions and Lord Durham’s Report
So What was the Point?
The End of the Rebellions and Lord Durham’s Report

2. Was There Any Point to the Rebellions?
Some have seen the Rebellions as a legitimate “struggle for democracy”
Others have described the rebellions as “little more than a series of armed riots, unplanned, purposeless, hopeless.”

3. To the Future! The Rebellions did have an impact on Canadian society
They helped set in motion a chain of events the would eventually lead to responsible government

4. Lord Durham AKA Radical Jack
John George Lambton – Earl of Durham
Durham was a bit of a trouble maker, always asking embarrassing questions in the British House and pushing for more and more parliamentary reforms
He was sent to the colonies to check things out
And to get rid of him!

5. Lord Durham Continued
Durham arrives in Canada and immediately pardons most of the imprisoned patriotes and rebels
He exiled leaders to Bermuda?
He travelled to the US and patched up relations there
Border raiders

6. Lord Durham Continued Many saw Durham as a dictator
When Durham saw that he had little support in the Canadas he resigned and returned to Britain
There he completed his report
Lord Durham’s Report

7. Three Central Recommendations
1. That Upper and Lower Canada be united under one government
Assimilate the French
2. The governor be required to name the leaders of the elected assembly as his ruling advisors
Elected members would now be in control
3. The colonies be given authority over their own internal affairs
Only on imperial matters would the governor be allowed to override them

8. Revolutionary Recommendations?
Durham was only suggesting that the colonies receive the same parliamentary rights as those in Britain
He put the blame for the turmoil in Upper Canada on the outdated colonial system and the ruling elite

9. The French Problem
The biggest mistake of Britain (in Lower Canada) was their attempt to preserve a French-Canadian nationality
Durham recommended to assimilate the French
Conflict between races

10. Durham’s Demise
Unfortunately, for Durham, he never lived to see his recommendations put into action
He died in July 1840 due to “the rigours of his Canadian assignment”.