Dear Sarah,
The Loyalists have received a response from Britain. Britain has passed the Constitutional Act which has created many new laws. These laws have included the freehold system of land ownership, and now the farmers can actually own their land instead of just having a tenure. The act also separated Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada. Lower Canada was allowed to keep the seigneurial system of land ownership. I wonder how that's going to work out with the Loyalists in Quebec. Lots of people in the British government believe that the Revolution resulted from an excessive democracy. They think that the governors received too much power, and consider it a "runaway democracy". Loyalists demanded to have an elected assembly. The Constitutional Act made it, so that the elected assembly was given little influence. I hope that you have good health.
Your brother,
George Davis Lanott
P.S. Ma wants you to remember to eat your vegetables every day
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