Château Clique

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The Château Clique was a small, powerful group of English-speaking merchants, officials, and landowners that dominated the government and economy of Lower Canada in the early 19th century and resisted democratic reforms.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Château Clique canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf informal political group ⓘ
oligarchy ⓘ
political elite ⓘ
alignedWith British colonial authorities ⓘ
conflictedWith Parti patriote ⓘ
surface form: Parti canadien

Patriote movement ⓘ
controlled Executive Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
country Lower Canada ⓘ
diminishedAfter Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
Act of Union 1840 ⓘ
surface form: Union Act 1840
dominated colonial administration of Lower Canada ⓘ
economy of Lower Canada ⓘ
ethnicComposition primarily English-speaking ⓘ
governanceStyle oligarchic rule ⓘ
patronage-based politics ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to causes of Lower Canada Rebellion ⓘ
symbol of colonial oligarchic rule in Lower Canada ⓘ
ideology pro-British imperial ⓘ
influenced Legislative Council of Lower Canada ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
notableMember Edward Bowen ⓘ
George Moffatt ⓘ
Herman Witsius Ryland ⓘ
James McGill ⓘ
John Molson ⓘ
Jonathan Sewell ⓘ
Mathew Bell ⓘ
opposed democratic reforms ⓘ
responsible government in Lower Canada ⓘ
opposedPolicy broadening of the franchise ⓘ
expansion of French-Canadian political power ⓘ
politicalPosition anti-reform ⓘ
conservative ⓘ
powerBase commercial monopolies ⓘ
control of public offices ⓘ
seigneurial landholding system ⓘ
relatedToEvent Rebellions of 1837–1838 in Lower Canada ⓘ
political unrest in Lower Canada ⓘ
seeAlso Family Compact ⓘ
socialComposition colonial officials ⓘ
landowners ⓘ
merchants ⓘ
supported governor of Lower Canada ⓘ
supportedPolicy limiting power of elected assembly ⓘ
maintenance of seigneurial system ⓘ
protection of British commercial interests ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rebellions of 1837–1838 → opposedBy → Château Clique ⓘ
Family Compact → relatedConcept → Château Clique ⓘ
Patriote movement → opposes → Château Clique ⓘ