POLI 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ultramontanism, Responsible Government, Anti-Clericalism
19 Mar 2016
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3 major ideas: equality of all ciizens, sovereignty of french canadian people. French canadians should have greater control of their government. Had no control over spending, that was decided by the governor with his execuive council. Governor"s job of making decisions was basically eliminated. Against the catholic church, not necessarily the religion. Against graning more poliical control to representaives who were not religious: representaives were in favour of strict separaion of church and states. Ideology is a blend of poliical liberalism and social economic conservaism. Wanted to preserve french canadian tradiion: 3 elements. Guy named balthazar ideology of emancipaion p sure it"s for the demise of the patriote movement: ideological ambivalence. Some facions were more radical than others: ambivalence towards the use of violence, clergy"s opposiion. The clergy had a strong hold on the people. On sundays, priests could argue against the. Why the public didn"t back the patriote movement as much as they could have.
