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Les politiques coloniales britanniques et le maintien de l'Ancien Régime au Bas-Canada (1791-1832)

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[fre] Résumé Engagée dans la voie du parlementarisme depuis 1688, la Grande-Bretagne instaure des institutions politiques semblables aux siennes dans sa colonie du Bas-Canada. La réalité coloniale se révèle néanmoins fort différente en inscrivant la participation à la vie politique dans une logique d'Ancien Régime. La présence d'institutions représentatives coloniales et l'attention prêtée par la métropole aux revendications régulièrement transmises par les habitants du Bas-Canada sous forme de mémoires, pétitions et délégations n'empêchent pas la poursuite, voire le renforcement, d'une pratique oligarchique de plus en plus centralisée où le pouvoir politique demeure basé sur la propriété foncière et légitimé par la religion. [eng] Abstract From 1688 onwards Great-Britain had adopted the parliamentary system of government, and consequently set up similar political institutions in its colony of Lower Canada. However, the reality of the colonial situation manifested itselft differently and these institutions were defined according to the Old Regime. The presence of representative bodies within the colony, and the attention given by the mother country to regularly-voiced complaints by the inhabitants of Lower Canada in the form ofmemos, petitions and delegations did nothing to stop the continuation nor the reinforcement of an oligarchic policy that became increasingly centralised. The political power remained rooted in property ownership and legitimized by religion.

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  • Danielle Laudy, 1995. "Les politiques coloniales britanniques et le maintien de l'Ancien Régime au Bas-Canada (1791-1832)," Histoire, économie & société, Programme National Persée, vol. 14(1), pages 71-88.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:hiseco:hes_0752-5702_1995_num_14_1_1761
    DOI: 10.3406/hes.1995.1761
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