HIST 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Patriottentijd, Secularism, Ninety-Two Resolutions
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Institutions in lower canada at time: positions they took on rebellion. How individual lives were affected by outcomes of rebellion. Organization of paper: land question and how it fractured patriotism. Louis-joseph papineau: leader of conservative movement who remain seigneur. Conditions to engage in insurrection: not a reaction to bad conditions (if so but rather a reaction to social relations. 19th c: social conditions worse in qc than mtl. Social and cultural practices of 19th c ained a patriot & so, expect in qc), Economic prosperities: farms are isolated in rural communities. A social and community space, not organized by outside agency. Exercised a lot of control over church governance. Folk law: habitant of the state has little contact with state. Main mechanism of control: local opinion (local jop: incapable o unpopular things because they live in community) Claimed they"re slaves of public opinion (banishment from.