Canadian Revolution
Reputation as well behaved british colony
Northern territories remained loyal during the american revolution and wanted nothing to do with it
Northern territories ended up having their own armed revolution
Canada was a series of british colonies at this point
Split into upper canada - focused on Toronto
And lower canada -focused on Montreal
Majority french speaking population
They both wanted wide sweeping reforms to the colonies
Both colonies were run by closed off and oligarchic collectives
Lower canada- Chateau Clique
Mostly Englishmen who wanted the french speakers to integrate into an English way of life
The population did not like them
Louis Joseph Papineau was he main critic
Leader of a group called the patriots
1832- After some protesters in Montreal were shot by british soldiers, he sent a list of demands to british gov
Britain, along with the Chateau Clique decided they would not enforce any reforms
Tensions rose over the next 5 years
C.C attempted to arrest him
Fled to the US
His supporters started to resist gov attempts to round people up at protests
Turned into a full scale revolt against british rule
Upper canada
Family compact
Hostile to democracy
Both groups had critics
In upper canada- William Lyon Mackenzie
After seeing the uprising of lower canada, Mackenzie and his followers followed suit
They did well at first however the revolutionaries were defeated by local militia men soon after the declaration of the republic of canada by M
American volunteers
Some americans took interest in the cause of the rebels
They were sympathetic as they had just come off their own fight for independence from a government that was not treating them fairly
Some americans formed groups - the Hunter brothers that helped with crossing the border and invading canada
British troops killed americans, inflaming tensions
Both britain and america did not want war
They came to an agreement to suppress the amount of americans travelling to canada to aid efforts
By the end of 1838, rebellion in lower canada had been completely crushed
Britain wanted to prevent another revolt
Durham report
They sent lord Durham to observe the conditions then recommend fixes
One of the rec's was the unification of upper and lower
Created canada as we know it