treated as another Canada? Or like India, where the British government of
the mid-nineteenth century had no intention of creating elective institu-
tions, since the Indian people vastly outnumbered the tiny pockets of white
settlers? Hesitatingly, Britain opted for the Canadian model. Inside the
colony, I 820 Settlers, alienated by Somerset's autocracy and confident that
they could handle their racial problems more effectivelythan British gover-
nors, initiated the demand for "British institutions." The British govern-
ment made the first cautious concessions in 1825 and 1834, first obliging
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