Rebellion+of+1837+(Lower+Canada)+7A

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=__**The Rebellion of 1837 - Lower Canada **__= = **Why did the conflict start?** = = = First, in the early 1800's, Canada was in economic distress which lead to agricultural disaster, People were starving and there was know one to help them and on top of that, the British immigrants were coming in by the hundreds and causing trouble. The British brought over a disease that killed hundreds, or even thousands of French Canadians. The disease was __**Cholera**__. It caused many injuries in your body like severe watery diarrhea in the intestines and pain in the small intestines. If it was left untreated, it would lead to extreme dehydration leading to kidney failure or even death.Since the Canadians back then didn't have treatment for the disease, this would happen to everyone. Also, riots would break out instantly. This went on for 3 years until a Patriote Party became more involved and made the 92 Resolutions which the assembly adopted. The assembly refused to vote any supplies, in result the civil services went unpaid.In March 1837, the British government pushed through the British parliament and the 10 Russell Resolutions rejecting all the major demands from the Patriotes which gave Lord Gosford to take money from the provincial treasury to pay officials in the colony. The Patriotes underestimated the British government and some died. He was already sending troops into Lower Canada.

= Who and when? = In the Rebellion of 1837 in Lower Canada, the people that were involved were the British and the Patriots.There were also leaders and other more important people involved in the conflict. The conflict lasted 10 months. First, the fighting broke out in November 1837 at St. Denis. The actual conflict started March 1837 and continued until December 14, 1838.

= What were the key names? = The Patriotes were lead by Louis-Joseph Papineau. The British were lead by Chateau Clique. Lord Durham was neutral and was not fair to the French because he disliked then quite a bit. He was also sent to Canada. Papineau had escaped many times in battles when he was people were trying to put him in jail. One time he even tried crawling through a gutter as some British troops were coming to arrest him and even went and knocked on his sister's manor.Chateau was bold enough to reject all of the Patriote's major demands with a resolution called 10 Russell. Lastly, Lord Durham was prejudice and did not believe that French should not have many rights. He also made a report about Upper and Lower Canada saying that they united into a single colony. = Now, what about the battles? = There were two significant battles in the Rebellion of 1837. One was called 'The Battle of St-Denis' and 'The Battle of St-Eustache'. The battle of St. Denis was in St. Denis. It started on November 23, 1837. First, The British troops were going to try and capture Papineau, but they didn't succeed because he crawled through a gutter while the Patriotes held them back. In the end, the Patriotes ended up winning their first battle there, but it was also their last. Two days later, a second group of British troops came along and attacked a nearby town called St. Charles, killing 60 Patriotes and arresting many more. Now the Partiotes were on the run, scared, but if Papineau was caught in the war, he would have been way different and could have been killed. Also, Parti Rouge wouldn't be inspired and the first Francophone government wouldn't have been the first Francophone government and the Liberal Party of Canada would not have been made. The second battle was the battle of St. Eustache and it took place on December 14, 1837. The British captured St. Eustache from the Patriotes. The Patriotes and Papineau fled to the United States of America. After they won, they started burning all the buildings down and while people tried to escape, they would shoot them on the way out or let them burn inside the buildings. If the British lost the war, it would probably go on for a few more months or even a year. The natives would have died in that area because the Americans were stealing their weapons and ammo.



= The Important events. = During the war, Britain moves their troops into Lower Canada leaving Upper Canada empty. Next, the government tried to arrest the Patriote leaders and Papineau, but they escape to the country side and get ready to fight British troops because they know they will follow them. Now the British troops won against the Patriotes at St. Carles and they return to St. Denis to burn it down. Lastly, the very last Patriote is crushed at St. Benoit. Lower Canada then became Canada East. Upper Canada became Canada West.

= Were there any treaties? What was the result of these? =

= Who won the conflict? = The end result was that Lower Canada and Upper Canada were re-united. First, the battles took place in 3 places. One at St. Denis, which was won by the Patriotes, the second battle was at St. Charles and both the British and Patriotes won that. The last battle was at St. Eustache which was also won by the British and Patriotes. Overall, the British won the conflict.

= What was the affect on Canadian identity as a result of the conflict? =

The affect on Canadian identity as a result of the conflict was that Canada's official language became English. Also, Upper Canada became Canada West and Lower Canada became Canada East.

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Quiz Time!!! 1.What disease was brought to the British in the early 1830's that killed many thousands of French Canadians and what were some symptoms of it? 2.What would they do to the people escaping their homes while trying to run away from the fire? 3.Why did Papineau want to escape from the British? 4.Where did Papineau flee and why? 5. After all the fighting, what did Lower Canada become and what did Upper Canada become?

1. Cholera was the disease and some symptoms were watery diarrhea, extreme dehydration and lots of pain in the small intestines. 2.When running out of the buildings, the British troops would shoot the fleeing people, either being a man, woman or child and they would let them burn inside the houses. 3.He wanted to escape because he didn't want to go back to Canada or be killed because of his religion. 4.He fled to the country side because the British were trying to arrest him so he got ready for a battle right after he left. 5.Lower Canada became Canada East and Upper Canada became Canada West.
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