Chapter XIX: Responsible Government Under the Union

KINGSTON THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT--THE RACE CRY
RESUSCITATED--LAFONTAINE--RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT--MONTREAL
ELECTIONS--RESTRICTION REMOVED ON FRENCH LANGUAGE IN
PARLIAMENT--FREE TRADE MOVEMENT--FINANCIAL DEPRESSION--GEORGE
ETIENNE CARTIER--REBELLION LOSSES BILL--THE BURNING OF THE
PARLIAMENT HOUSE--THE MONTREAL MOVEMENT FOR ANNEXATION
WITH THE STATES--“CLEAR GRITS” AND THE “PARTI ROUGE”--THE
RAILWAY AND SHIPPING ERA--THE CAVAZZI RIOT--THE RECIPROCITY
TREATY--EXIT THE OLD TORYISM--CLERGY RESERVES AND SEIGNEURIAL
TENURE ACTS--THE MILITIA ACT--MONTREALERS ON THE ELECTED
COUNCIL--THE _Année Terribe_ OF 1857--THOMAS D’ARCY MC
GEE--QUEBEC TEMPORARY SEAT OF GOVERNMENT--PROTECTION FOR HOME
INDUSTRIES--CONFEDERATION BROACHED IN MONTREAL--THE TRENT
AFFAIR--ST. ALBAN RAID PROSECUTIONS--THE REMODIFIED CIVIL
CODE--FENIAN RAID EXCITEMENT IN MONTREAL--OTTAWA SEAT OF
GOVERNMENT--THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN ACT--CONFEDERATION 163