▁Canada ' s ▁political ▁framework . ▁The ▁issues , ▁from ▁the ▁perspective ▁of ▁the ▁reform ers , ▁were ▁to ▁an ▁extent ▁summar ised ▁in ▁The ▁sevent h ▁report ▁from ▁the ▁Select ▁Committee ▁of ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Assembly ▁of ▁Upper ▁Canada ▁on ▁gr iev ances ..., ▁and ▁can ▁be ▁related ▁as ▁follows : ▁ ▁Political ▁issues ▁ ▁The ▁al ien ▁question ▁Both ▁before ▁and ▁after ▁the ▁War ▁of ▁ 1 8 1 2 , ▁the ▁government ▁of ▁Upper ▁Canada ▁continued ▁to ▁fear ▁what ▁it ▁sus pected ▁might ▁be ▁a ▁growing ▁interest ▁in ▁American - in sp ired ▁republic an ism ▁in ▁the ▁province . ▁Re asons ▁for ▁this ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁pattern ▁of ▁settlement ▁across ▁the ▁province ▁over ▁the ▁previous ▁half - century . ▁Although ▁the ▁British ▁had ▁originally ▁hoped ▁that ▁an ▁order ly ▁settlement ▁in ▁Upper ▁Canada ▁would ▁insp ire ▁the ▁former ▁American ▁colon ies ▁to ▁abandon ▁their ▁republic an ▁form ▁of ▁government , ▁dem ographic ▁real ities ▁interven ed . ▁After ▁an ▁initial ▁group ▁of ▁about ▁ 7 0 , 0 0 0 ▁United ▁Empire ▁Lo yal ists ▁were ▁thin ly ▁settled ▁across ▁the ▁province ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 7 8 0 s , ▁a ▁far ▁larger ▁number ▁of ▁American ▁sett lers ▁came ▁after ▁Lieutenant - G overn or ▁John ▁Gra ves ▁Sim co e ▁offered ▁cheap ▁land ▁gr ants ▁to ▁promote ▁settlement . ▁Although ▁these ▁sett lers , ▁known ▁as ▁" late - Lo yal ists ," ▁were ▁required ▁to ▁take ▁an ▁o ath ▁of ▁alleg iance ▁to