Rebellions of 1837–1838
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The Rebellions of 1837–1838 (French: Rébellions de 1837), were two armed uprisings that took place in Lower and Upper Canada in 1837 and 1838. Both rebellions were motivated by frustrations with lack of political reform. A key shared goal was responsible government, which was eventually achieved in the incidents' aftermath. The rebellions led directly to Lord Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America and to the Act of Union 1840 which partially reformed the British provinces into a unitary system and eventually led to the British North America Act, 1867, which created the contemporary Canadian federation and its government.
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Part of Atlantic Revolutions | |||||||
The Battle of Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Lower Canada Château Clique |
Patriotes Republic of Lower Canada | ||||||
Upper Canada Family Compact |
Hunters' Lodges Republic of Canada | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton Francis Bond Head James FitzGibbon George Gurnett Henry Dundas Allan MacNab Charles Stephen Gore George Augustus Wetherall |
Louis Joseph Papineau William Lyon Mackenzie Thomas Storrow Brown Jean-Olivier Chénier Robert Nelson Wolfred Nelson Ferdinand-Alphonse Oklowski Anthony Van Egmond Cyrille-Hector-Octave Côté Charles Duncombe Nils von Schoultz |