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FAMILY COMPACT [1 record]

Record 1 1985-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Political Systems
  • National History
OBS

... disparaging epithet applied by contemporaries to the small group of officials who dominated the executive and legislative councils, senior bureaucratic positions and the judiciary of Upper Canada until the 1830s.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Régimes politiques
  • Histoires nationales
OBS

Dans le Haut-Canada, la lutte s'engage entre les réformistes, représentant l'élément populaire, et le Pacte de famille, unissant les hauts fonctionnaires et les principaux négociants, à propos des terres publiques réservées à l'Église anglicane ou concédées aux favoris du régime.

Spanish

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