1. Demands & Struggles in the British Colony III: The Rebellions & their effects

2. The Battles of the Lower Canada Rebellion
The Patriote Flag

3. Summary of the Rebellions
1. The Patriotes first tried peaceful ways to fight for what they wanted.
2. Once they felt that this was not working, they started a violent rebellion.
3. There were three major battles in the Rebellions:
St-Denis,
St-Charles
St-Eustache.
4. The Patriotes only won the Battle of St-Denis.

4. Etienne Parent
“While we do want reform, we have never intended to achieve it through brute force, but only through peaceful, legal and constitutional means”

5. The Battle of St-Denis

6. Attack on St-Denis

7. The Battle of St- Charles

8. Battle of St-Eustache

9. Rebels on Yonge Street Prepare to attack Toronto

10. The results of the Rebellions

11. Patriotes were defeated in 1838
Several men were exiled to Australia
12 men were hanged

12. The effects of the Rebellions: Lord Durham Report

13. The Durham Report
1. After the Rebellions, the British appointed Lord Durham as Governor General of Lower Canada. 2. His job was to investigate the causes of the Rebellions.

14. The Durham Report
3. In 1838 he made his final report; it was called the Durham Report 4. His report said that the Rebellions occurred because the colony’s economy was slow, and because of the “backwardness” of the French speaking population. 5. He thought that the Constitutional Act was contradictory because the Legislative Assembly did not actually allow its members to govern.

15. The Durham Report
6. He said the British government should give more power to the colony, by giving them responsible government. 7. He also said that political problems were made worse in Lower Canada because of ethnic conflicts. 8. He suggested that the solution to this was the unification of Upper and Lower Canada.

16. The Durham Report
Question: Why would Lord Durham have suggested uniting Upper and Lower Canada?

17. Durham Report Quotes
1. “The French Canadiens are a people with no history and no literature.”

18. Durham Report Quotes
2.“ I found two nations warring in the bosom of a single state.”

19. Durham Report Quotes
3.“The superior political and practical intelligence of the English cannot be, for a moment disputed.”

20. Durham Report
Question: What do you think the British thought about this report? (Remember Durham suggested uniting Upper and Lower Canada, and giving the colony responsible government.)

21. The Act of Union
1. In 1840 the Act of Union created the United Province of Canada, which consisted of Canada East and Canada West.
2. The British rejected the idea of responsible government.

22. The Act of Union
3. Canada East and Canada West both had the same amount of political representation.
4. Because the population of Canada East was larger, French Canadiens were not equally represented.