HIS263Y1 Lecture : Rebellions of 1837-80
Document Summary
The rebellions of 1837-80: lower canada unrest and rebellion, upper canada: unrest and rebellion, outcome: victorious in defeat. Armed rebellion died break out during 1837-80, elections were often places were fights took place. Voting didn t become private until 1873, before that the crowd would say yay or nay . Upper canadian rebellion was easily put down and not that supported. For more serious rebellion in lower canada, 250 people died during multiple battles. ^over 1000 ppl were arrested for treason and over 100 sent to australia. In both colonies rebels were ppl who were tired if rejection of the branch, these rebels were often elected representatives of gov t from legislated assembly. Petitions in process involved both upper and lower canada trying t get british gov t to make constitutional changes to give greater voice to people elected in the legislative assembly. By 1837 there were enough ppl willing to take more direct action which lead to armed conflict.
