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The Purpose Of The Electoral College: A Seemingly Endless Controversy, Marvin L. Simner
The Purpose Of The Electoral College: A Seemingly Endless Controversy, Marvin L. Simner
History Publications
Use of the Electoral College as the sole means for determining the outcome of a presidential election in the United States has come under repeated attack in recent years. The purpose of this article is to review the nature of the attack, the reason for the College as discussed by the Framers of the Constitution, its questionable early significance, and finally, a current proposal for altering its importance that appears to be gaining momentum.
A Misguided Attempt To Populate Upper Canada With Loyalists After The American Revolution, Marvin L. Simner
A Misguided Attempt To Populate Upper Canada With Loyalists After The American Revolution, Marvin L. Simner
History Publications
Following the American Revolution, and to achieve a more appropriate governing climate, the British Parliament issued the Constitutional Act of 1791 which created, out of a single province, “two separate Canadas, each having a representative government with an elected assembly of its own.” The French-speaking sector became known as Lower Canada while the English-speaking sector was called Upper Canada. [1] What became immediately apparent with this division of the province was the highly disproportionate population in the two distinct sectors, and the potential danger this posed for the security of the province as a whole. In Lower Canada, today known …