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  2. 1795 in Canada - Wikipedia

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    After visiting Upper Canada in 1795, Duke de la Rochefoucauld explains Governor General Lord Dorchester's powers and their limitations [3] Dorchester lays out moves he had to make to keep U.S. Gen. Anthony Wayne from starting war at Detroit, given British diplomatic policy and U.S. politics [4]

  3. Upper Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Upper Canada Rebellion was an insurrection against the oligarchic government of the Family Compact in December 1837, led by William Lyon Mackenzie. Long term grievances included antagonism between Later Loyalists and British Loyalists, political corruption, the collapse of the international financial system and the resultant economic ...

  4. William Lyon Mackenzie - Wikipedia

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    William Lyon Mackenzie [a] (March 12, 1795 – August 28, 1861) was a Scottish Canadian-American journalist and politician. He founded newspapers critical of the Family Compact, a term used to identify elite members of Upper Canada.

  5. Wabakinine - Wikipedia

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    By the mid-1790s, Wabakinine was the head chief of all the Mississaugas along the western coast of Lake Ontario.He was a signatory on many early land surrenders in Upper Canada, including the Niagara Purchase of 1781, another agreement in 1784 for the lands surrounding Lake Ontario, and a 1795 document granting another 3,500 acres to The Crown.

  6. History of Canadian currencies - Wikipedia

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    The value of the dollar continued to be set by reference to the British sovereign and the American eagle, at the rate of 4.8666 Canadian dollars equal to £1, and ten Canadian dollars equal to the ten-dollar American eagle, the same rates as set in the 1853 Province of Canada legislation.

  7. Western District, Upper Canada - Wikipedia

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    In the first election to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada, three former or current residents of Detroit were elected. [2] This anomaly, together with other occupied places at Fort Mackinac and Fort Miami, were finally vacated upon the ratification of the Jay Treaty in 1795; they were withdrawn from the District in June 1796.

  8. Robert Isaac Dey Gray - Wikipedia

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    The Honourable Justice Robert Isaac Dey Gray 2nd Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada In office 1798–1801 Preceded by John White Succeeded by Angus Macdonell Personal details Born 1772 New York Died 1804 (aged 31–32) Off Newcastle District in Lake Ontario Nationality British Occupation Solicitor General, Judge Robert Isaac Dey Gray (ca. 1772 – October 8, 1804) was a lawyer, judge ...

  9. York, Upper Canada - Wikipedia

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    York was a town and the second capital of the colony of Upper Canada.It is the predecessor to the old city of Toronto (1834–1998).It was established in 1793 by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe as a "temporary" location for the capital of Upper Canada, while he made plans to build a capital near today's London, Ontario.