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The Rebellion of 1837 ( Lower Canada) BY MEGG, SPENCER AND DAMION

In the exciting year of 1837, the Canadian residents decided to stand up to the British government. The rebels or patriotes made many requests of the british government (the 92 resolutions) and the British government denied them even though they got 75% of the votes.This made the rebels angry so they started to fight the British for the rights they wanted. In the end, the government overpowerd the rebels but agreed to make some changes to the way they ran the country.Both the rebels (patriotes) and the British government were involved in this conflict. All the people who wanted freedom, farmers, store owners, all men came together to fight. But, they were sadly outnumbered. The British had a army. They had a group of mismatched men. The war lasted about 10 months, from 1837-1838.Some say that is started form the 6th of November to the 10th of November, 1838. It spirited the Upper Canada rebellion.

The rebels were led by Louis-Joseph Papineau, who was 'wanted' by the british. Colonel Wetherall was the british colenel who led the battle and Saint Charles that ended the rebellion. Another British colenel, Colenel Gore led the attack at St. Denis. (Info found in __Voices and Visions__ and __Our Canada__ textbooks)

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The rebellion lasted about 10 months untill the battle at St. Charles brought it to a desperate end. At first, it looked good for the rebels. They had a extremly successful battle at St. Denis,considering the odds were against them. This built up their confidence. But, the rebels should not of underestimated the british.====== In the middle of the night, 2 days after the succesful battle, the British snuck into St. Charles on boats, and seeing no other way into it, they spent the night climbing up a steep goat path. In the morning, they lined up in 2 long rows, one behind the other, each a mile long. Then the rebels came out, disorganized and disoriented, and started to charge at the British. Eventually, they fired. But as they reloaded they were gunned down. The battle only lasted about 15 minutes. The aftermath to it was terrible, The rebels had no hope.

After this, the rebels had no choice but the end the rebellion. But, the government agreed to a few of their demands, as they did not want another rebellion to be among them. (A rebellion meant more soldiers busy fighting and dying, the government didnt want that) Many people felt that the rebels were right. So eventually, many of their requests were accepted.

One of the affects this had to Canada was a drastic change in government, Canada started to get more similar to the democracy we have today. This was also the first time Canadian citizens "stood up" to the british government. Without this rebellion Canada may not have been the democracy it is today. Some interesting videos on the subject are;

Part1:http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=165951&title=1837_Rebellions_Part_1&vpkey= Part 2:[] Part 3: http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=166282&title=1837_1838_Rebellions_Part_III Check them out!

The Durham Report was completed January 1839 and officially presented to the Colonial Office Lambton, Durham was then appointed governor general to problems in the government after the rebellions of 1837.His ideas were to create municipal governments and a supreme court.

The Act of union was commisoned in 1840, and it united lower and upper canada into one, with one government. This was a reccomendation of Durham. The Act of Union was created on 10 February 1841 in Montreal.

What was the reason that the war of 1837 started? Who led the rebels and was wanted by the British? Who led the British in the war that ended the rebels? What was the last battle that ended the rebels? Who led the attack of St. Denis?

Our valuable information and pictures were found at wikipedia, google, google images and the textbooks Voices and visions and Our Canada. Also, thank you to Mrs.Heller for her handout which was a great source of information.