Lord Durham was sent to the Canadas in 1838 to investigate the causes of the rebellions
and to find solutions to the political problems plaguing Upper and Lower Canada.
In February 1839, in a report made to the British parliament, Lord Durham infuriated the French
when he referred to them as inferior to the English and "as a people with no history and no literature". In the report he explained that he expected to find a conflict between a government and a people, but instead found two nations at war within the same state. It was a war based on race, not on principles. In his opinion, Canada was a land of two hostile groups: the French and the English.
 

Durham's Recommendations to unite Upper and Lower Canada to make the French a minority to assimilate or anglicize the French majority in Lower Canada to grant responsible government

Consequences of Durham's Recommendations

• Upper and Lower Canada were united in 1840
• Responsible government was granted in 1848.