An Appeal to the Common Sense, Mind, and Manhood of the British Nation (Classic Reprint)
An Appeal to the Common Sense, Mind, and Manhood of the British Nation (Classic Reprint)

Author: Robert Gourlay

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-24

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9780484658942

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Excerpt from An Appeal to the Common Sense, Mind, and Manhood of the British Nation For my writing there are two excuses. First, I cannot get out, and have nothing better to do; second, should you publish this it may save some doctor's fees, and assist in bringing to issue that ques tion of my sanity which puzzles the Collective. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Empire, Kinship and Violence
Empire, Kinship and Violence

Author: Elizabeth Elbourne

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-12-31

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 1108479227

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An ambitious account of Indigenous-settler relationships and struggles over Indigenous rights in British white settler colonies from the 1770s to 1830s.

Land Policies of Upper Canada
Land Policies of Upper Canada

Author: Lillian F. Gates

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1968-12-15

Total Pages: 541

ISBN-13: 148759741X

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From 1763 to 1867 the land system of Upper Canada was one of the most important questions in the development of the new country. This detailed study of the subject examines Great Britain's plans for Canada after the conquest, the problems created by the royal "promise" of land to the loyalists, Lord Durham's Report, and the failure of the land policies to reach their economic and political objectives. In addition it covers the land problems in Canada after responsible government was achieved: Clergy Reserves, untenanted and abandoned land, settlement duties, speculation, wild land tax and assessment, and the activities of squatters. Based on Colonial Office depsatches, legislative records, the Crown Land Papers, newspapers and various private collections of documents, this work offers an accurate account of the social, economic and political aspects related to land policy in nineteenth-century Upper Canada.

Britain and the Origins of Canadian Confederation, 1837-67
Britain and the Origins of Canadian Confederation, 1837-67

Author: Ged Martin

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 0774842695

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In Britain and the Origins of Canadian Confederation, 1837-1867, Ged Martin offers a sceptical review of claims that Confederation answered all the problems facing the provinces, and examines in detail British perceptions of Canada and ideas about its future. The major British contribution to the coming of Confederation is to be found not in the aftermath of the Quebec conference, where the imperial role was mainly one of bluff and exhortation, but prior to 1864, in a vague consensus among opinion-formers that the provinces would one day unite. Faced with an inescapable need to secure legislation at Westminster for a new political structure, British North American politicians found they could work within the context of a metropolitan preference for intercolonial union.