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	MHS Transactions: Rebellion in Upper Canada, 1837
		The rebellion was popular in that it represented majority opinion in the province, yet it was a minority action because it was violent and hostile to the British connection.
		In one important respect, the rebellions were the final expression of that hatred of the rural communities for the commercialism of the St. Lawrence; and the defense of the constituted political authority was an exciting incident in the ceaseless effort to protect the interests of the Canadian commercial state.
		He claims, "The real cause of the revolt, in which Mackenzie and his supporters had given their best, was a rebellion against the constitution by the ruling clique, a course of action in its essence worse than the consequent revolt against the Crown." [21] Thus, Guillet feels that the great majority were loyal in 1837.
	www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/transactions/3/rebellion1837.shtml (3630 words)

	Upper Canada Rebellion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Upper Canada Rebellion was, along with the Lower Canada Rebellion in Lower Canada, a rebellion against the British colonial government in 1837 and 1838.
		In Upper Canada, one of the most controversial issues in the early 19th century was the allocation of land.
		After the War of 1812 the government of Upper Canada was run by the wealthy owners of most of this reserve land, known as the Family Compact.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Upper_Canada_Rebellion (1046 words)

	Rebellion of 1837-39 in Canada (upper Canada)
		Kevin Harrington, president of ACV/CFA, informed me at NAVA 32 that it is a wide-spread mistake that the Upper Canada Reformist flag is all blue, coming from the fact that the flag kept in a museum is ripped and some people wrongly assumed that the lower half of the flag was all blue.
		In Upper Canada, at least, it was the Radicals and not the Reformers who were behind the violence in 1837, and they never amounted to more than about a thousand people within a population of about a half-million.
		The rebellion flag on display in Fort Malden, Amherstburg, is rather different; this is a vertical blue-white-red tricolour, with two white stars and a white crescent moon arranged vertically in the blue stripe.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ca-1837u.html (1001 words)

	LAFONTAINE, SIR LOUIS HIPPOLYTE. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		After the rebellion, with Papineau in exile, LaFontaine became the accepted leader of the French Canadians and of the Reform party in Lower Canada.
		Sir Charles Bagot, as governor-general, recognized the powerful coalition formed by the French Canadians and the moderate reformers of Upper Canada led by Robert Baldwin and called into existence in 1842 the first Baldwin-LaFontaine ministry.
		The test of the latter was the Rebellion Losses Bill (1849), brought in by LaFontaine, to compensate persons in Lower Canada who had suffered property loss during the rebellion of 1837.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/la/LaFontaL.html (223 words)

	Rebel Leaders
		Canadian journalist, reformer, and first mayor of Toronto, Mackenzie was born near Dundee, Scotland, and settled in Canada in 1820.
		After the events of 1837 he was exiled, but he returned in 1842 and resumed his political career, eventually becoming mayor of Montréal.
		In both colonies, then, the rebellions were most strongly based in the country with farmers making up the single largest group of rebel supporters, but in Lower Canada there was also a strong urban element.
	www.edunetconnect.com /cat/rebellions/1837f08.html (2480 words)

	Canada in the Making - Constitutional History
		In Upper Canada, the situation was brought to a head when the governor, Sir Francis Bond Head, became actively involved in an election and helped the Tories (and by extension the Family Compact) to win.
		Rebellions broke out in both Upper and Lower Canada in 1837, and again in Lower Canada in 1838.
		These rebellions were quickly suppressed, and the panic they created at first gave a great deal of power to the conservative groups in both provinces.
	www.canadiana.org /citm/themes/constitution/constitution10_e.html (435 words)

	The Patriots and the People: The Rebellion of 1837 in Rural Lower Canada. by Paul M. Romney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This, he avers, is the real meaning of the disturbances in the countryside of the District of Montreal in the autumn of 1837, when the habitants began to force the resignation of militia officers and justices of the peace and to elect their own candidates.
		Peasants in rebellion are often handicapped by their ignorance of the larger political power structure, especially if their information is acquired mainly from the landlord, his agents, or a priesthood which may identify itself with the landlord or the state.
		This handicap was mitigated in the Montreal District, with its abundance of 'urban villages,' by the emergence of an educated rural bourgeoisie.
	www.utpjournals.com /product/chr/754/patriots12.html (986 words)

	Early Canada Historical Narratives -- FRANCIS BOND HEAD, PART 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		At the end of 1835 yet another Upper Canadian dilemma faced the Colonial Office and it was believed that the little colony's Lieutenant-Governor Sir John Colborne, whose popularity was at an all-time low, was the wrong man to cope with the crisis.
		In October 1837 a Reform rally in St. Thomas set forth its grievances in a resolution that is compared to the Declaration of Independence.
		The rebellion which followed two months later was one of the few uprisings in history in which those labelled the leading oppressors actually armed themselves and joined the fray.
	www.uppercanadahistory.ca /tt/tt3.html (2870 words)

	Andrew Bonthius \| The Patriot War of 1837–1838: Locofocoism With a Gun? \| Labour/Le Travail, 52 \| The History ...
		Papineau, Mackenzie, and numerous other Canadian Patriots were able to operate freely on the northern frontier despite substantial bounties placed on their heads by the Crown in Canada, which, given the raging depression in late 1837, speaks volumes of the popular support the Canadian rebellion had garnered early on.
		Canadian historian Bryan Palmer has noted that the leaky border meant American mechanics and labourers were a strong presence in UC and their predominance served "as an irksome reminder to the official compact that their rule was a precarious one."
		In May 1837, radical Democrats in Columbus had proposed a "convention of the people of Ohio" to be held in their city for the purpose of organizing opposition to "despotic rule, and...
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/llt/52/bonthius.html (13327 words)

	Rebellion Home Page
		The Rebellion of 1837, also known as the Patriot War, involved Canadians and U.S. citizens at a time when Canada as we know it today was divided into Upper and Lower Canada.
		In Upper Canada the movement evolved into a revolution in 1837 with an armed uprising in Toronto inspired by the radical journalist William Lyon Mackenzie.
		Beyond the episodes of battles, trials, hangings, periods of servitude, deaths, and escapes, there is the interwoven story of one woman appealing to two governments—and Queen Victoria—to spare her husband's life.
	www.1837rebellion.net (288 words)

	HCO 5. C. Rebellion of 1837 - Upper Canada - Timeline
		Dec 02 1837 Toronto Ontario - John Rolph advances date of the Upper Canada coup to December 4, causes confusion among the rebels; a late convert to Mackenzie's Rebellion, Rolph is later forced to flee to the US.
		Dec 08 1837 Brantford Ontario - Dr. Charles Duncombe with a rousing speech launches open rebellion in the western half of Upper Canada; gathers a force of rebels at Scotland Township and Oakland (Malcolm's Mills) on the road to Dundas, southwest of Brantford; the force will reach 500 to 600 in number by Dec. 13.
		Dec 11 1837 Niagara Ontario - Militiaman Thomas Runchey raises a corps of "Africans" out of the 400 fl residents of Niagara; a company of 50 men is in arms by December 15, under the command of James Sears.
	www.ottres.ca /hconline/chapters/5/5timeline.html (3717 words)

	Guns Across the River: The Battle of the Windmill, 1838 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		First, he challenges the common perception that the rebellion's primary and decisive military engagements occurred in December 1837 by documenting the numerous cross-border skirmishes that flared up during 1838 and culminated in the decisive battle at Windmill Point.
		Instead, Graves portrays the Upper Canadian insurgents as irresponsible and dangerous demagogues who allied themselves with unsavoury American fringe movements dedicated to undermining the stability of the British colonies.
		British naval vessels quickly established control of the Canadian portion of the St Lawrence River, preventing the resupply and reinforcement of the Patriot Hunters from Ogdensburg, New York, and guaranteeing the eventual defeat of the Hunters at the hands of professional British soldiers and determined Upper Canadian militiamen.
	www.utpjournals.com /product/chr/834/guns9.html (596 words)

	Introduction to: Exile's Return or Narrative of Samuel Snow
		While there were those in Upper Canada who did look longingly at the political institutions across the border (many of them having come from the US), in the main Upper Canadians had no great enthusiasm for American republicanism, for all their political dissatisfaction with the ruling oligarchy.
		In January 1838, after the initial rebellion sparked by his own heavy-handedness, the governor of Upper Canada told the Colonial Secretary "that hatred that exists in the breast of every loyal subject of upper Canada toward the Americans and American institutions is incurable".
		Described in Robert Davis, A Canadian Farmers Travels in the United States of America with remarks which are made on the arbitrary colonial policy practiced in Canada and the Free and Equal Rights and happy effects of the Liberal Institutions and Astonishing enterprise of the United States, Buffalo, 1837.
	iccs.arts.utas.edu.au /narratives/pybusintro.html (1458 words)

	Canada in the Making - Specific Events & Topics
		After the passing of the Constitutional Act, 1791, Upper and Lower Canada were governed by an elected House of Assembly and a Legislative Council that was appointed.
		On the other hand, French Canadians were led by Louis-Joseph Papineau and the Parti canadien (renamed Parti patriote in 1826) to promote their culture, rights and interests.
		The rebellions precipitated a royal commission, which was convened to investigate the factional strife in the Canadas.
	www.canadiana.org /citm/specifique/rebellions_e.html (1266 words)

	Rebellion of 1837-39 in Canada (lower Canada)
		This flag (without star) was used during the Rebellion led by Louis-Joseph Papineau in 1837-1838 to establish a republic in the by-then Lower Canada, which corresponds to the Province of Quebec now.
		I was under the impression, though, that the French of Lower Canada used a horizontal tricoleur of green-white-red with a yellow star in the upper hoist on the green stripe in the early 1800s, and that the Parti Patriote simply adopted it without changes.
		To the depictions of flags of the 1830s rebellion in Quebec, commonly depicted were the images of five minutemen, holding rifles across their right shoulder, facing outward on the white stripe.
	flagspot.net /flags/ca-1837l.html (560 words)

	Rebellions of 1837
		The Rebellions of 1837 took place in both Upper and Lower Canada.
		In LOWER CANADA the rebellion was in large part an expression of a resurgent FRENCH CANADIAN NATIONALISM.
		The French Canadian majority constituted the overwhelming majority in the locally elected Assembly established by the Canada or CONSTITUTIONAL ACT, 1791.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006708 (69 words)

	The OTTAWA RIVER "Great Canadian Rivers"
		Its upper reaches are characterized by the rugged shorelines, steep banks and rocky outcroppings of classic Canadian wilderness.
		The explorers, steamboats, railways, culture, characters and catastrophes of the Upper Ottawa Valley are portrayed on a panoramic scale in the city of Pembroke (population 15,000), on the Ottawa River about 160 kilometres northwest of the Ottawa.
		Louis-Joseph Papineau, Speaker of the Assembly of Lower Canada and leader of the Lower Canadian Rebellion of 1837, was a political radical who resisted the elitism of the British colonial government.
	www.greatcanadianrivers.com /rivers/ottawa/culture-home.html (1925 words)

	Early Canada Historical Narratives -- THE OFFENDING ARCH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		First, the Arch was intended to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of responsible government in Canada by honouring "the constancy, courage, faith and right thinking of the humble and unremembered folk" who had pioneered and settled the country and to remind the present generation of the pride they should have in their nation's history.
		This semi-secret sect, which was spawned during the days of the Rebellions of Upper and Lower Canada, was comprised largely of opportunistic Yankees who said they'd help then hijacked the Patriot cause.
		Their inclusion detracted completely from the noble nature of the Canadian rebellions, and the ultimate accomplishments of the Canadian patriots.
	www.uppercanadahistory.ca /tt/tt14.html (1656 words)

	William Lyon Mackenzie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		He was a Canadian journalist, reformer, and leader of the Rebellion of 1837.
		Four years later he was elected to the legislative assembly of Upper Canada as a representative from York (now Toronto).
		He was expelled from the legislature for publishing libelous attacks on the government in his paper but was reelected four times by loyal constituents; he was refused his seat each time.
	members.tripod.com /~rebellion1837/MACK.HTM (315 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Like most Upper Canadian businesses, this one suffered reverses in the 1857 depression, but Hope proved a canny manager, writing off many bad debts, scouring the countryside for new accounts, and closely scrutinizing his costs and profit margins.
		After the Upper Canadian rebellion of 1837 in which he fought as a private in the St Thomas Volunteers, he became an influential figure in the developing Reform party in western Upper Canada, though he never stood for election.
		In 1874 he was elected a director of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, a post he also held until he died; he was the bank’s vice-president from 1876 to 1879.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39711 (1184 words)

	Canadiana at the American Antiquarian Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Journals of early discovery and exploration, nineteenth- century guidebooks, illustrated reports of expeditions, biographies, essays in Canadian folklore and literature, and federal and provincial government documents are a part of the diverse Canadiana collection.
		The Champlain Society's The Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada focuses on one of the central events of Ontario's early history and AAS holds several other works about that armed insurrection in Upper and Lower Canada.
		These are Marie Tremaine's A Bibliography of Canadian Imprints 1751-180 (Toronto, 1951), the Toronto Public Library's A Bibliography of Canadiana (Toronto, 1934), R. Watters's A Checklist of Canadian Literature and Background Materials 1628- 1960 (Toronto, 1972), and Patricia L. Fleming's Upper Canadian Imprints, 1801-1841: A Bibliography (Toronto, 1988).
	www.americanantiquarian.org /canadiana.htm (814 words)

	The Canadian Rebellion of 1837-38 -Border Strife at Buffalo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The "father" of the Upper Canadian revolt, which mainly enters into this record, was William Lyon Mackenzie, "a wiry and peppery little Scotchman." He was "a born agitator," and lost no opportunity to use "his vituperative pen."
		The risings in Upper and Lower Canada were simultaneous, and equally disastrous to the Patriots.
		The rebellion in Upper Canada opened with a proclamation, entitled: "Independence." It was issued by Mackenzie, and pointed out that all strikes for independence on the American continent had been successful.
	www.buffalonian.com /history/articles/1801-50/canrebellion.html (1039 words)

	rebuppercan
		The colonial government of Upper Canada at the time of the rebellions was a corrupt establishment controlled by a handful of rich families.
		Hearing news of the beginning of Mackenzie's Rebellion in Toronto, he assembles a force of Rebels that would eventually reach 500 to 600 in number by December 13.
		In Upper Canada the exiled rebels and their American supporters were called the Hunters' Lodges.
	canadian-republic.freeservers.com /rebuppercan.html (694 words)

	Caroline affair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A band of Canadian rebels, led by William Lyon Mackenzie, seeking a more democratic Canada, had been forced to flee to the United States after leading the failed Upper Canada Rebellion in Upper Canada (now Ontario).
		They took refuge on Navy Island on the Canadian side of the Niagara River, which separates the two countries (between Ontario and New York) and declared themselves the Republic of Canada under MacKenzie's "general" Rensselaer Van Rensselaer (nephew of General Stephen Van Rensselaer).
		On December 29, Canadian loyalist Colonel Sir Allan MacNab and Captain Andrew Drew of the Royal Navy commanding a party of militia, crossed the international boundary and seized the Caroline, towed her into the current, set her afire, and cast her adrift over Niagara Falls, after killing one American named Amos Durfee in the process.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caroline_Affair (465 words)

	Citizens for a Canadian Republic / 2003 Victoria Day Commemoration of the 1837 Rebellion
		In the dawning days of the ill-fated 1837 Patriots Rebellion, these were the beginning words of William Lyon Mackenzie’s Proclamation to the People of Upper Canada.
		Of course, had Mackenzie’s ambition to have a Canadian republic succeeded, those words of liberty would be on the lips of all Canadian school children from a very early age.
		But such is the history of Canadian independence, a graduating series of reforms and legislations that, with the exception of the rebellion, have gained us the semblance of an independent nation through largely peaceful means rather than violent revolution.
	www.canadian-republic.ca /speech_tf_5_19_03.html (837 words)

	Caroline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		After the abortive 1837 Upper Canadian Rebellion, its leader, William Lyon MACKENZIE, retreated with some 200 followers to Navy Island in the Niagara River.
		On 29 December 1837 a force of UC militia, led by Commander Andrew Drew, Royal Navy, found her moored at Schlosser.
		After being set on fire by the British 29 December 1837 (courtesy Metropolitan Toronto Library).
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0001424 (132 words)

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