Always check your sources kids. @[email protected] has cited a page from the personal website of a university. The university was established by the first Roman Catholic bishop of Ottawa, Joseph-Bruno Guigues, who entrusted administration to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. And according to the (biased) source listed, the colony officially aligned with Britain. The governor of Québec, Guy Carleton, enlisted local militias and had support from clergy and nobility, ensuring that Canada did not remain neutral. This is why media literacy is important! Check your sources :)
What do you think ‘as much as possible’ meant in an era where they were ruled by one of the belligerents? Literacy is important indeed. The support he got was to protect local interests and not simply blind support for the Crown because the populace did not care to actually quell the American Rebellion, nor rebel themselves.
edit: “[Guy Carleton] hoped that his policy of conciliation would bear fruit, but only the Canadian clergy (led by Catholic bishop of Québec, Mgr. Jean-Olivier Briand) and the nobility (lords) responded with any enthusiasm to the call by British authorities. The general public remained relatively indifferent, viewing the war as a ‘battle between the English.’”
It did. We sent American Rebels packing and remained neutral as much as possible
Always check your sources kids. @[email protected] has cited a page from the personal website of a university. The university was established by the first Roman Catholic bishop of Ottawa, Joseph-Bruno Guigues, who entrusted administration to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. And according to the (biased) source listed, the colony officially aligned with Britain. The governor of Québec, Guy Carleton, enlisted local militias and had support from clergy and nobility, ensuring that Canada did not remain neutral. This is why media literacy is important! Check your sources :)
… wut? “The personal website of a university”?
What do you think ‘as much as possible’ meant in an era where they were ruled by one of the belligerents? Literacy is important indeed. The support he got was to protect local interests and not simply blind support for the Crown because the populace did not care to actually quell the American Rebellion, nor rebel themselves.
edit: “[Guy Carleton] hoped that his policy of conciliation would bear fruit, but only the Canadian clergy (led by Catholic bishop of Québec, Mgr. Jean-Olivier Briand) and the nobility (lords) responded with any enthusiasm to the call by British authorities. The general public remained relatively indifferent, viewing the war as a ‘battle between the English.’”