1. Lard Durham was a politician sent by the British Parliament, his 3 requests are as followed: 1. The colonies of Upper and Lower Canada should be merged into one colony with an English-speaking majority. 2. The assimilation of French people and culture into the British language and culture. 3. Responsible government should be implemented in the new colony, giving citizens giving citizens a voice in the government through an elected assembly.
2. Simply because it had a good location, great protection from American attacks and good transport routes for water.
3. Kingston, Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec City.
4. The political deadlock was an ongoing thing between the members of the government where they would vote against each other’s bills and no new laws would get passed.
5. A coalition government would solve the political deadlock in two ways, one being to form a union of British North American colonies into one country, and the other being Canada East and Canada West would officially split into two separate provinces. Each province would have their own local government to decide on local matters and one central government to look on issues that would concern both provinces.
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