. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages: . rty, to all the wild horrors of the Revolu-tion, the French Canadians were faithful to their church and obedient to theirpriests. This steadiness and conservatism found great favour in Englisheyes. English statesmen were not inchned to force upon so excellent a peopleany laws and customs which they did not like. Moreover, the revolt of thethirteen colonies had rubbed smartly into the English mind a lesson whichwas not yet
. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages: . rty, to all the wild horrors of the Revolu-tion, the French Canadians were faithful to their church and obedient to theirpriests. This steadiness and conservatism found great favour in Englisheyes. English statesmen were not inchned to force upon so excellent a peopleany laws and customs which they did not like. Moreover, the revolt of thethirteen colonies had rubbed smartly into the English mind a lesson whichwas not yet fully understood. Pitt fancied that the new colonies would bemore securely held to England if they could be held somewhat apart fromeach other. He favoured the perpetuation of French ideas, institutions, andspeech in Lower Canada, as a barrier between the English provinces of UpperCanada on the one hand, and Nova Scotia and New Brunswick on the dread was lest these provinces should some day roll together into one,and repeat the deeds of 76. He remembered the cynical saying of Turgot,that colonies are like fruits which only chng till they ripen. He wished by. Citadel of Quebec from the Terrace justice and generosity to strengthen every tie of love between the coloniesand England; but by no means did he wish the colonies should love eachother. Upper Canada, therefore, was made in all respects a British province, withEnglish laws, and with all lands held on the freehold tenure. Lower Canada,while receiving the benefit of representative institutions, along with theHabeas Corpus Act, and the criminal law of England, remained in otherrespects, what she already was, a French province. Lands were held on thatfeudal tenure then in existence. In the case of new grants, however, thefreehold tenure was permitted on special request. In civil law the Frenchpractice was established. French sentiment was determined that the Frenchlanguage and French customs should not go down before
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