Project Gutenberg 2009-11-13 Public domain in the USA. 58 MacMechan, Archibald 1862 1933 MacMechan, Archibald McKellar 16021429 The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 Produced by Al Haines "The Winning of Popular Government" by Archibald MacMechan is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work chronicles the political tumult and evolution of governance in Canada during the critical period leading to the Union of 1841. The book discusses the rebellions of 1837 alongside significant political figures like Lord Durham and Poulett Thomson, illustrating their roles in shaping modern Canadian governance and the struggle for popular representation. The opening portion of the narrative introduces the political climate of Canada just before its unification, marked by civil unrest and conflict stemming from previous rebellions. It portrays the dramatic backdrop of politics during the mid-19th century, highlighting the eventual appointment of Lord Durham as the High Commissioner to address the various crises. The text recounts how Durham swiftly acted to establish new governing councils and sought to mend the fractured political landscape, laying the groundwork for significant reforms that would lead to a united Canadian government. This introduction sets the stage for the dramatic developments and political intricacies that follow in this chronicle of Canadian history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Canada -- History -- 1841-1867 F1001 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 285190 280662 2024-09-13T05:29:09.737814 2023-09-13T10:23:00.776524 text/html text/html 266226 2021-01-05T20:40:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 490455 2021-01-05T20:40:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 580237 2024-09-13T05:29:16.242822 application/epub+zip 583846 2024-09-13T05:29:11.719742 application/epub+zip 168901 2024-09-13T05:29:10.545752 application/epub+zip 755961 2024-09-13T05:29:19.533775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 734102 2024-09-13T05:29:15.359780 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331273 2022-09-14T06:27:05.483356 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232066 232062 2024-09-13T05:29:08.901775 2023-09-13T10:23:00.144554 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 231988 2021-01-05T20:40:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 89391 2021-01-05T20:40:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 231978 2021-01-05T20:40:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 89340 2021-01-05T20:40:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19685 2024-09-13T05:29:19.669696 application/rdf+xml 17111 2024-09-13T05:29:10.922739 image/jpeg 4026 2024-09-13T05:29:10.731797 image/jpeg 554389 2024-09-13T05:29:09.780779 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog