Family Compact  Upper Canada has an elite called Family Compact  A small group of powerful people in the colony of upper Canada  Along with friends and supporters were now know as Tories  Defended tradition (The things that had always been done) and opposed change  Believed power should be in the hands of a few capable people (themselves)  Believed the Church of England should be powerful in the colony  Were loyal to Great Britain and the British government  Had power to stop any laws passed by the legislative assembly  Most Family Compact members were British immigrants who arrived before the 1800's
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