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Lower Canada
Britain rejected a petition for reforms prepared by the Parti Patriote- the Ninety-two Resolutions. Papineau began to organizing rallies against the government. -
Lower Canada
British troops moved into Lower Canada, leaving Upper Canada without troops. -
Lower Canada
The government tried to arrest Patriote leaders, including Papineau. The leaders escaped to the countryside. The Patriotes prepared to fight the British troops that they knew would have been soon to follow. -
Lower Canada
The Patriotes won the battle against the British troops at Saint-Denis. -
Lower Canada
British troops defeated the Patriote fighters at Saint-Charles. The troops then returned to Saint-Denis and burned it. -
Upper Canada
Once the news broke about the battle of Saint-Charles in Lower Canada, a rebellion started in Upper Canada. -
Upper Canada
William Lyon Mackenzie led in an attack on York ( what is now known as Toronto), which broke up after confusion with a skirmish with loyalist fighters. -
Upper Canada
The government arms volunteered in Upper Canada to help fight Mackenzie and his supporters. The volunteers defeated the rebels. Eventually Mackenzie fled to the United States and had a Proclamation of 1000 pounds for his capture. -
Lower Canada
British troops captured Saint-Eustache from the Patriote fighters. Papineau and other Patriote leaders fled to the United States. British troops and voluneets looted and burned many settlements. -
Upper Canada
After fleeing to the United States, Mackenzie continued to organize raids on Upper Canada. He captued a Navy Island near Niagara Falls, where he decared a "Republic of Upper Canada." Then British troops and volunteers pushed back the raids each time they attacked. -
Lower Canada
Patriotes based in the United States organized a second rebellion on Novemeber 1838. The government defeated the rebellion within a week, and British volunteers once again attacked settlements in canada.
