The Rebellions of 1837-1838

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The Rebellions of 1837-1838

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The Rebellions of 1837-1838. Review-Constitutional Act -1791. After 1791. Before 1791. Review- The Constitutional Act - 1791. Upper Canada is the area where most of the Loyalists moved  Along the Great Lakes The people who live there are mostly English and Protestant. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Review-Constitutional Act -1791

Before 1791 After 1791

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Review- The Constitutional Act - 1791

• Upper Canada is the area where most of the Loyalists moved Along the Great Lakes• The people who live there are mostly

English and Protestant

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Review-The Constitutional Act - 1791

• Lower Canada is the area where most of the French Canadians live Close to the St. Lawrence River• The people who live there are mostly

French and Catholic• There are English people in Montreal,

Quebec City and the Eastern Townships

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Government after 1791

• The people in Lower Canada voted for people to represent them

• These people worked in the ASSEMBLY• The ASSEMBLY created new laws• However, the Governor and his council could

block the laws or he can make his own• This was called the power of VETO

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Government after 1791

• The governor was friends with very rich English people

• He made laws that helped them make money• Rich men that owned companies asked him to

spend tax dollars that would help their companies

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Government after 1791

• Regular people became very mad because the governor was not listening to what they wanted

• He was also spending their tax money on things that did not help them

• A lawyer named Louis Joseph Papineau wanted to stand up to the government

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Louis Joseph Papineau

• Louis Joseph Papineau became the leader of a group of people who disagreed with the government

• This group was called “Les Patriotes”

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Les Patriotes• Les Patriotes were regular

people who worked hard• They felt like the

government wasn't treating them fairly

• Les Patriotes wrote a letter to the Government in England demanding fair treatment

• This letter was called the 92 Resolutions

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Lord Russell

• A man named Lord Russell read the 92 Resolutions

• He ignored them• He wrote a letter to Les

Patriotes explaining that things would stay the same

• This letter was called the Russell Resolutions

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The Rebellions

• Les Patriotes were very upset

• Upset with the government and Lord Russell

• They tried to be peaceful• However, the Russell

Resolutions – they organized a rebellion in 1837

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The Rebellions

• Regular men joined the rebellion farmers, doctors, blacksmiths, etc.

• There were several battles all over Lower Canada

• The rebellions lasted for 1 ½ years

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• The largest battles were in:

• St-Eustache• Beauharnois• Odeltown• St-Denis• St-Charles• Chambly

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End of the Rebellions• The British army in Lower

Canada was too strong for Les Patriotes

• The army defeated Les Patriotes

• The British government captured several men who fought for Les Patriotes

• The government executed 9 men to show Les Patriotes that this was serious

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Call in Lord Durham!

• The British government wanted control over Lower Canada

• They called in a man named Lord Durham

• This man investigated why there were rebellions in Lower Canada

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Call in Lord Durham!

• Lord Durham said these things:• The French in Lower Canada were not as

smart as the English• They were only farmers• They should be assimilated!• English people should control the government

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