The Rebellions of 1837

[August1991]

How are these perceived today in Canada?

Was the rebellion in Lower Canada fundamentally different from the rebellion of Upper Canada?

[B. Max]

How are these perceived today in Canada?

Was the rebellion in Lower Canada fundamentally different from the rebellion of Upper Canada?

I don't remember anything about them, and probably the case for most people.

[xul]

Perhaps I may perceive the events by this way:

Without them, would Great British change anything to unite two colonies and eventually lead to independence of Canada?

[M.Dancer]

Well, I have read quite a bit about the rebellion of lower canada. I would say the big difference was there were more french is the lower canada rebellion......and there were quite a few jacobite Scots too. That and the rebellion actually had volleys from muskets fired in anger.....I haven't read too much about the upper canada rebellion....I hear they drank a bit and then some one came in and said the leafs won the cup and the next thing you knew was they were marching down Yonge street pretending they were Calgarians....well as sure as you can say Operation Over React, the local Red Coated Constabulary hears that the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty is marching on Rosedale and the next thing you know the population of Buffalo has increased by several dozen.

[xul]

Well, I have read quite a bit about the rebellion of lower canada. I would say the big difference was there were more french is the lower canada rebellion......

That's right. If the rebels succeeded, there would be two small countries instead of present Canada, one English speaking, one French speaking. The effects were some sort of as Quebec was separated from Canada.

In general, the rebellion was caused by some economic reason. In British, the demands of wheats from North America colonies declined these year. This impoverished farmers lived in the colonies. Most rebels in Upper Canada were farmers. But in Lower Canada, numbers of rebels came from people lived in urban area, though the rebellion also got strong support from famers. The difference suggested in Lower Canda, rebellion was not merely caused by economic reason.

When Lord Durham proposed British government to make the political system more democratic and to achieve a full responsible government for the people lived in the colonies, he also suggested British to unite two colonies. The intention of his proposal is obvious. If two colonies was not united when the full responsible governments were established, Lower Canada would get out of British control because the majority there was Franch speaking people. But when two colonies united, British could keep on her control of the new enlarged colony because the population of English speaking people was far more than the population of French speaking people in the new colony.

Edited August 8, 2007 by xul

[B. Max]

I haven't read too much about the upper canada rebellion....I hear they drank a bit and then some one came in and said the leafs won the cup

Yeah that was probably about the last time they one it. Ont. has been goen down hill ever since.