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Upper Canada, John Russell’s Ten Resolutions & appointment of Governor Sir Francis Bond Head (sided with Family Compact) disappoint moderate reformers
no chance of responsible government for moderate reformers
Governor Bond Head dissolved House and went on to win election by advocating loyalty to Britain
Mackenzie took defeat of reform movement as call to arms and to rebellion rebellion began with attempted arrest of Papineau (Lower Canada)
Papineau flees to Montreal -
the timespan from the battle to the hanging.
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English officers versus French Canadian Patriotes
Violence spreads from Montreal to other parts of Lower Canada Lower Canada, Fils de la Liberte (Sons of Liberty), named after radicals of American Revolution
led rebellion in Lower Canada -
St. Denis, Lower Canada, British army + Colonel Gore attack Patriote headquarters to capture Papineau; Patriote victory
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St. Charles, Lower Canada, government troops raid this Patriote stronghold; town burnt; 40 rebels killed; government victory
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St. Eustache, Lower Canada, 2000 British government troops under Sir John Colborne, former governor of Upper Canada + Loyalist volunteers versus Patriotes (in village church)
250 Patriotes shot
town looted; families turned out of homes to freeze in snow
rebels scatter; most rebel leaders arrested -
william lion mckenzie thinks its time to attack quebec
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a day after the gathering, mckenzie and his men,attack toronto,however 20 militia men loyal to the british crown,shot at sight,and mckenzies men ran after seeing the front line fall to the ground
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militia are attacked by mckenzies men on yonge street. they soon chicken out and run away
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hanging of petter mathews,in front of toronto jail . the upper canada rebellion has lasted less than a week.
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Upper Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie escaped, disguised as a woman, to the United States
12 years after rebellion, Mackenzie was officially pardoned
returned to Toronto, died in 1861