Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 20 o Pipiri 1837, ka noho a Wikitoria hei Kuini o te United Kingdom i te matenga o tana matua keke, a William IV, i etahi wiki noa iho i muri i te tekau ma waru o ona tau. Ko tana kawanatanga i arahina e te Pirimia Whig a Lord Melbourne, he tata ia ki a ia. Engari i roto i nga tau e rua kua wehe ia, a, ko te kaitōrangapū Tory Sir Robert Peel i ngana ki te hanga i tetahi minita hou. I kii a Peel e pai ana ia ki te noho hei Pirimia mena ka whakakapihia e te Kuini ana wahine rangatira Whig ki nga Tory. I whakakahore a ia ka whakatu ano a Te Ariki Melbourne, he whakatau i whakahehia hei kore ture. I tuhia e ia nga kaupapa o nga tutu i runga i
Ko Upper me Lower Canada hei whakamahara ki a ia mo te American Revolution, i puta i te wa o te kingitanga o tona tupuna, King George III. I tukuna e Ranana a Lord Durham ki te whakatau i te take me tana ripoata 1839 i whakatuwhera i te huarahi mo te "kāwanatanga kawenga" (ara, te kawanatanga whaiaro).