1837-1838 armed conflicts - Revision history

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	History is written by the victor. The events of 1837 and 1838 have thus been given the names of "rebellions", "insurrections", "uprisings" or "troubles" by the colonial power.		History is written by the victor. The events of 1837 and 1838 have thus been given the names of "rebellions", "insurrections", "uprisings" or "troubles" by the colonial power.

	~~In his ''~~[[~~History~~ of the ~~Insurrection in~~ Canada in ~~refutation~~ of the ~~report~~ of ~~Lord Durham\|History~~ of ~~Lower Canada's resistance~~ to the ~~English~~ government~~]]''~~, ~~Louis-Joseph Papineau writes: "I challenge~~ the ~~English government to contradict me~~, when ~~I affirm that none~~ of us had ~~prepared~~, ~~wanted or even envisaged~~, ~~armed resistance~~."		Philosopher [[w:John Stuart Mill\|John Stuart Mill]], in [[Radical Party and Canada: Lord Durham and the Canadians\|a review of the affairs of Canada]] published in December 1838 asserted: "Let us first get rid of the language of mere abuse, which men so inflamed by passion as to be lost to all perception of the most recognised moral distinctions, have heaped upon the insurgents to render them odious. They are styled rebels and traitors. The words are totally inapplicable to them. [...] Of the injuries inflicted by a foreign government, the people that suffers them, not the people that inflicts them, is the proper judge; and when such a people revolts, even improperly, against the foreign yoke, its conduct is not treason or rebellion, but war. [...] The people of Canada had against the people of England legitimate cause of war. They had the provocation which, on every received principle of public law, is a breach of the conditions of allegiance. Their provocation was the open violation of their constitution, in the most fundamental of its provisions, by the passing of Resolutions through Parliament, for taking their money from their exchequer without their consent."

	In his ''[[~~Brief Sketch~~ of the ~~Life and Times~~ of the ~~Hon.~~ Louis Joseph Papineau]]~~'', Thomas Storrow Brown~~ writes: "~~Though~~ the ~~word is familiar~~ to us, ~~future historians may hardly admit~~ that ~~there ever was a Lower Canada rebellion, and the whole record may be reduced to read that the proceedings~~ of the Colonial Office, in 1837, caused such excitement that towards the end of the year Lord Gosford, fearing a revolt, directed the Attorney-General (3) to obtain warrants for high treason against several leading men, which the judges, there not being sufficient grounds of action, would not grant; and recourse was then had to the weak instrumentality of two magistrates. Many arrests were made of persons against whom there was no charge; many escaped them by going to the United States. Three persons only - Doctor Nelson at St. Denis, ~~T. S. Brown at St. Charles~~, ~~and Doctor Chénier at St. Eustache - headed~~ resistance ~~to these illegal warrants, which ended speedily in the dispersion of their adherents. Elsewhere, men where quietly pursuing their usual course of life, employed in their usual occupations~~."		In his May 1839 ''[[History of the Insurrection in Canada in refutation of the report of Lord Durham\|History of Lower Canada's resistance to the English government]]'', [[Louis-Joseph Papineau]] writes: "I challenge the English government to contradict me, when I affirm that none of us had prepared, wanted or even envisaged, armed resistance."

	~~The assertions~~ of ~~these men are all backed by evidence~~, ~~contrary~~ to ~~those professed by the~~ Lower Canada ~~government~~, and the ~~newspapers supporting it. Consequently~~, ~~this site prefers~~ the ~~more accurate expressions~~ of ~~"Military repression" or "Armed resistance" "Illegal Arrests"~~ for the ~~first conflict~~ of ~~1837~~ and ~~"Patriot War" or "Revolutionary War" for~~ the ~~second conflict~~ of ~~1838~~.		In his ''[[Brief Sketch of the Life and Times of the Hon. Louis Joseph Papineau]]'', published in 1869, [[w:Thomas Storrow Brown\|Thomas Storrow Brown]] writes: "Though the word is familiar to us, future historians may hardly admit that there ever was a Lower Canada rebellion, and the whole record may be reduced to read that the proceedings of the Colonial Office, in 1837, caused such excitement that towards the end of the year Lord Gosford, fearing a revolt, directed the Attorney-General (3) to obtain warrants for high treason against several leading men, which the judges, there not being sufficient grounds of action, would not grant; and recourse was then had to the weak instrumentality of two magistrates. Many arrests were made of persons against whom there was no charge; many escaped them by going to the United States. Three persons only - Doctor Nelson at St. Denis, T. S. Brown at St. Charles, and Doctor Chénier at St. Eustache - headed resistance to these illegal warrants, which ended speedily in the dispersion of their adherents. Elsewhere, men where quietly pursuing their usual course of life, employed in their usual occupations."

	In Québec, these events are sometimes referred to as ''La deuxième Conquête'' (The Second Conquest) for it all ended with the forced legislative Union of Upper and Lower Canada, officially rejected with great vigour in 1822.		The assertions of these men are all backed by evidence, contrary to those professed by the Lower Canada government, and the newspapers supporting it at the time. Consequently, this site prefers the more accurate expressions of "Military Repression", "Armed Resistance", or "Illegal Arrests" for the first conflict of 1837 and "Patriot War" or "Revolutionary War" for the second conflict of 1838.

			In Québec, these events are sometimes referred to as ''La deuxième Conquête'' (The Second Conquest) for it all ended with the forced legislative Union of Upper and Lower Canada, officially rejected with great vigour in 1822. (Read the [[Letter from L. J. Papineau and J. Neilson, Esqs., Addressed to His Majesty's Under Secretary of State on the Subject of the Proposed Union of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada\|Letter from Papineau and Neilson to the Under Secretary of State on the Proposed Union]].)

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	History is written by the victor. The events of 1837 and 1838 have thus been given the ~~name~~ of "rebellions", "insurrections", "uprisings" or "troubles" by the colonial power.		History is written by the victor. The events of 1837 and 1838 have thus been given the names of "rebellions", "insurrections", "uprisings" or "troubles" by the colonial power.

	In his ''[[History of the Insurrection in Canada in refutation of the report of Lord Durham\|History of Lower Canada's resistance to the English government]]'', Louis-Joseph Papineau writes: "I challenge the English government to contradict me, when I affirm that none of us had prepared, wanted or even envisaged, armed resistance."		In his ''[[History of the Insurrection in Canada in refutation of the report of Lord Durham\|History of Lower Canada's resistance to the English government]]'', Louis-Joseph Papineau writes: "I challenge the English government to contradict me, when I affirm that none of us had prepared, wanted or even envisaged, armed resistance."
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	In his ''[[Brief Sketch of the Life and Times of the Hon. Louis Joseph Papineau]]'', Thomas Storrow Brown writes: "Though the word is familiar to us, future historians may hardly admit that there ever was a Lower Canada rebellion, and the whole record may be reduced to read that the proceedings of the Colonial Office, in 1837, caused such excitement that towards the end of the year Lord Gosford, fearing a revolt, directed the Attorney-General (3) to obtain warrants for high treason against several leading men, which the judges, there not being sufficient grounds of action, would not grant; and recourse was then had to the weak instrumentality of two magistrates. Many arrests were made of persons against whom there was no charge; many escaped them by going to the United States. Three persons only - Doctor Nelson at St. Denis, T. S. Brown at St. Charles, and Doctor Chénier at St. Eustache - headed resistance to these illegal warrants, which ended speedily in the dispersion of their adherents. Elsewhere, men where quietly pursuing their usual course of life, employed in their usual occupations."		In his ''[[Brief Sketch of the Life and Times of the Hon. Louis Joseph Papineau]]'', Thomas Storrow Brown writes: "Though the word is familiar to us, future historians may hardly admit that there ever was a Lower Canada rebellion, and the whole record may be reduced to read that the proceedings of the Colonial Office, in 1837, caused such excitement that towards the end of the year Lord Gosford, fearing a revolt, directed the Attorney-General (3) to obtain warrants for high treason against several leading men, which the judges, there not being sufficient grounds of action, would not grant; and recourse was then had to the weak instrumentality of two magistrates. Many arrests were made of persons against whom there was no charge; many escaped them by going to the United States. Three persons only - Doctor Nelson at St. Denis, T. S. Brown at St. Charles, and Doctor Chénier at St. Eustache - headed resistance to these illegal warrants, which ended speedily in the dispersion of their adherents. Elsewhere, men where quietly pursuing their usual course of life, employed in their usual occupations."

	The assertions of these men are all backed by evidence, contrary to those professed by the Lower Canada government, and the newspapers supporting it. Consequently, this site prefers the more accurate expressions of "Military repression" or "Armed resistance" for the first conflict of 1837 and "Patriot War" or "Revolutionary War" for the second conflict of 1838.		The assertions of these men are all backed by evidence, contrary to those professed by the Lower Canada government, and the newspapers supporting it. Consequently, this site prefers the more accurate expressions of "Military repression" or "Armed resistance" "Illegal Arrests" for the first conflict of 1837 and "Patriot War" or "Revolutionary War" for the second conflict of 1838.

	In Québec, these events are sometimes referred to as ''La deuxième Conquête'' (The Second Conquest) for it all ended with the forced legislative Union of Upper and Lower Canada, officially rejected with great vigour in 1822.		In Québec, these events are sometimes referred to as ''La deuxième Conquête'' (The Second Conquest) for it all ended with the forced legislative Union of Upper and Lower Canada, officially rejected with great vigour in 1822.

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	History is written by the victor. The events of 1837 and 1838 have thus been given the name of "rebellions", "insurrections", "uprisings" or "troubles" by the colonial power.		History is written by the victor. The events of 1837 and 1838 have thus been given the name of "rebellions", "insurrections", "uprisings" or "troubles" by the colonial power.

	In his ''History of the Canada's resistance to the English government'', Louis-Joseph Papineau writes: "I challenge the English government to contradict me, when I affirm that none of us had prepared, wanted or even envisaged, armed resistance."		In his ''[[History of the Insurrection in Canada in refutation of the report of Lord Durham\|History of Lower Canada's resistance to the English government]]'', Louis-Joseph Papineau writes: "I challenge the English government to contradict me, when I affirm that none of us had prepared, wanted or even envisaged, armed resistance."

	In his Brief Sketch of the Life and Times of the Hon. Louis Joseph Papineau, Thomas Storrow Brown writes: "In Though the word is familiar to us, future historians may hardly admit that there ever was a Lower Canada rebellion, and the whole record may be reduced to read that the proceedings of the Colonial Office, in 1837, caused such excitement that towards the end of the year Lord Gosford, fearing a revolt, directed the Attorney-General (3) to obtain warrants for high treason against several leading men, which the judges, there not being sufficient grounds of action, would not grant; and recourse was then had to the weak instrumentality of two magistrates. Many arrests were made of persons against whom there was no charge; many escaped them by going to the United States. Three persons only - Doctor Nelson at St. Denis, T. S. Brown at St. Charles, and Doctor Chénier at St. Eustache - headed resistance to these illegal warrants, which ended speedily in the dispersion of their adherents. Elsewhere, men where quietly pursuing their usual course of life, employed in their usual occupations."		In his ''[[Brief Sketch of the Life and Times of the Hon. Louis Joseph Papineau]]'', Thomas Storrow Brown writes: "Though the word is familiar to us, future historians may hardly admit that there ever was a Lower Canada rebellion, and the whole record may be reduced to read that the proceedings of the Colonial Office, in 1837, caused such excitement that towards the end of the year Lord Gosford, fearing a revolt, directed the Attorney-General (3) to obtain warrants for high treason against several leading men, which the judges, there not being sufficient grounds of action, would not grant; and recourse was then had to the weak instrumentality of two magistrates. Many arrests were made of persons against whom there was no charge; many escaped them by going to the United States. Three persons only - Doctor Nelson at St. Denis, T. S. Brown at St. Charles, and Doctor Chénier at St. Eustache - headed resistance to these illegal warrants, which ended speedily in the dispersion of their adherents. Elsewhere, men where quietly pursuing their usual course of life, employed in their usual occupations."

	The assertions of these men are all backed by evidence, contrary to those professed by the Lower Canada government. Consequently, this site prefers the more accurate expressions of "Military repression" or "Armed resistance" for the first conflict of 1837 and "Patriot War" or "Revolutionary War" for the second conflict of 1838.		The assertions of these men are all backed by evidence, contrary to those professed by the Lower Canada government, and the newspapers supporting it. Consequently, this site prefers the more accurate expressions of "Military repression" or "Armed resistance" for the first conflict of 1837 and "Patriot War" or "Revolutionary War" for the second conflict of 1838.

	In Québec, these events are sometimes referred to as ''La deuxième Conquête'' (The Second Conquest).		In Québec, these events are sometimes referred to as ''La deuxième Conquête'' (The Second Conquest) for it all ended with the forced legislative Union of Upper and Lower Canada, officially rejected with great vigour in 1822.

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	* [http://northernblue.ca/canchan/research/resultsreb.php Timeline of Rebellions of 1837-38]		* [http://northernblue.ca/canchan/research/resultsreb.php Timeline of Rebellions of 1837-38]
	* The 1837 Rebellions: Chronology of Events		* [http://www.edunetconnect.com/cat/rebellions/ The 1837 Rebellions: Chronology of Events]
	* Les patriotes de 1837-1838 (French)		* [http://cgi2.cvm.qc.ca/glaporte/index.shtml Les patriotes de 1837-1838] (French)
	* Les Rébellions des Patriotes (French)		* [http://www.chez.com/rebellions/ Les Rébellions des Patriotes] (French)
	* Chronologie de l'histoire du Québec (French)		* [http://pages.infinit.net/histoire/ Chronologie de l'histoire du Québec] (French)

	== See also ==		== See also ==

	* [[History of our movements]]		* [[History of our movements]]

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	*October 4: Montreal, Quebec - The ''Fils de la Liberté'' publish an [[Wikipedia:Address of the Fils de la liberté of Montreal to the young people of the colonies of North America\|address to the young people of the colonies of North America]] calling for the setting up of reformed governments.		*October 4: Montreal, Quebec - The ''Fils de la Liberté'' publish an [[Wikipedia:Address of the Fils de la liberté of Montreal to the young people of the colonies of North America\|address to the young people of the colonies of North America]] calling for the setting up of reformed governments.

	*October 23: St-Charles, Quebec - [[Wolfred Nelson]] ~~leads 5,000 Patriotes~~ in the two-day [[Grand Meeting of the Six Counties]] (Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, Rouville, Chambly, Verchères and L'Acadie) at St-Charles in the Richelieu Valley; After a moderate speech of Papineau, Nelson declares in French that "the time has come to melt our spoons into bullets"; At the instigation of their leader, Louis-Joseph Papineau, the conference delegates approve Thirteen Resolutions based on the Rights of Man; the young Sons of Liberty erect a Column of Liberty in the square.		*October 23: St-Charles, Quebec - [[Wolfred Nelson]] is chairman in the two-day [[Grand Meeting of the Six Counties]] (Richelieu, Saint-Hyacinthe, Rouville, Chambly, Verchères and L'Acadie) at St-Charles in the Richelieu Valley; After a moderate speech of Papineau, Nelson declares in French that "the time has come to melt our spoons into bullets"; At the instigation of their leader, Louis-Joseph Papineau, the conference delegates approve Thirteen Resolutions based on the Rights of Man; the young Sons of Liberty erect a Column of Liberty in the square.

	*October 23: Montreal, Quebec - Mgr. Lartigue issues a pastoral letter condemning the reformist goals of the Patriotes, and asking the people of Lower Canada to obey the lawful authority. A small group of dissident priests will disobey, including [[Curé Blanchet]] of St-Charles, and [[Curé Demers]] of St-Denis.		*October 23: Montreal, Quebec - Mgr. Lartigue issues a pastoral letter condemning the reformist goals of the Patriotes, and asking the people of Lower Canada to obey the lawful authority. A small group of dissident priests will disobey, including [[Curé Blanchet]] of St-Charles, and [[Curé Demers]] of St-Denis.

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	=== August ===		=== August ===

	*August 18: Quebec, Quebec - Opening of fourth session of fifteenth Parliament of Lower Canada; opened until August 26; after long debate, the Assembly refuses ~~budget~~ subsidies to Gosford.		*August 18: Quebec, Quebec - Opening of fourth session of fifteenth Parliament of Lower Canada; opened until August 26; after long debate, the Assembly refuses to vote subsidies to Gosford's government.

	*August 22: Montreal, Quebec - Founding of the ''Association des dames patriotiques'' (Association of Patriotic Ladies); urge the wearing of local clothing to avoid imports.		*August 22: Montreal, Quebec - Founding of the ''Association des dames patriotiques'' (Association of Patriotic Ladies); urge the wearing of local clothing to avoid imports.

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May

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	=== May ===		=== May ===

	*May 7: St-Ours, Quebec - Louis-Joseph Papineau is chosen leader of the [[Central and Permanent Committee of Montreal]] during a popular assembly of 1,200 people. A [[Wikipedia:Resolutions of the Saint-Ours Meeting\|series of resolutions]] are adopted by patriotic citizens during the ~~Metting~~ of Saint-Ours.		*May 7: St-Ours, Quebec - Louis-Joseph Papineau is chosen leader of the [[Central and Permanent Committee of Montreal]] during a popular assembly of 1,200 people. A [[Wikipedia:Resolutions of the Saint-Ours Meeting\|series of resolutions]] are adopted by patriotic citizens during the Meeting of Saint-Ours.

	*May 15: St-Laurent, Quebec - Louis-Joseph Papineau speaks at a county meeting held in St-Laurent and St-Marc against Lord Russell's resolutions; he advocates the boycott of imports from Great Britain and smuggling with the United States; Governor Gosford responds with a proclamation against the holding of such meetings.		*May 15: St-Laurent, Quebec - Louis-Joseph Papineau speaks at a county meeting held in St-Laurent and St-Marc against Lord Russell's resolutions; he advocates the boycott of imports from Great Britain and smuggling with the United States; Governor Gosford responds with a proclamation against the holding of such meetings.

	*May 18: Quebec, Quebec - Lower Canada banks suspend payment until June 23, 1838; due to civil strife.		*May 18: Quebec, Quebec - Lower Canada banks suspend payment until June 23, 1838 due to civil strife.

	*May 23: Montreal, Quebec - The Permanent Central Committee of the Patriots passes a resolution ~~demanding~~ free trade with the United States; led by Louis-Joseph Papineau, the Committee asks for a boycott of all taxable British imports, as a way of starving the government of funds.		*May 23: Montreal, Quebec - The Permanent Central Committee of the Patriots passes a resolution in favour of free trade with the United States; led by Louis-Joseph Papineau, the Committee asks for a boycott of all taxable British imports, as a way of starving the government of funds.

	=== June ===		=== June ===

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Avril

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	* April 10 - (''Quebec, Quebec'') ~ ~~Lower Canada's elected MPs angered as British Colonial Secretary Lord~~ John Russell's Ten Resolutions are published in Canada.		* April 10 - (''Quebec, Quebec'') ~ John Russell's Ten Resolutions are published in Canada.

	=== May ===		=== May ===

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March

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	=== March ===		=== March ===

	* March 1 - (''London, England'') ~ Colonial Secretary, [[Wikipedia:John Russell, 1st Earl Russell\|John Russell]], future [[Wikipedia:Earl Russell\|Earl Russell]], and the British government reject the [[The Ninety-Two Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada\|Ninety-Two Resolutions]], a list of political and economic reforms drawn up by ~~Papineau and his Parti patriote supporters~~.		* March 1 - (''London, England'') ~ Colonial Secretary, [[Wikipedia:John Russell, 1st Earl Russell\|John Russell]], future [[Wikipedia:Earl Russell\|Earl Russell]], and the British government reject the [[The Ninety-Two Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada\|Ninety-Two Resolutions]], a list of political and economic reforms drawn up by the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada.

	* March 2 - (''London, England'') ~ ~~The British Colonial Secretary~~ [[John Russell's Ten Resolutions]] are published. The British government rejects all of the elective assembly's grievances and reforms. ~~Worst,~~ the ~~assembly's sole power,~~ the ~~power~~ to ~~control~~ of the ~~budget, is given to the colonial government~~.		* March 2 - (''London, England'') ~ [[John Russell's Ten Resolutions]] are published. The British government rejects all of the elective assembly's grievances and reforms. One of the resolutions authorizes the Lower Canada government to use money from the Provincial Chest without the vote of the House of Assembly.

	* March 6 - (''London, England'') ~ The British Parliament approves the Ten Resolutions. The Governor of Lower Canada can now pay salaries of the officials without the approval of the Assembly.		* March 6 - (''London, England'') ~ The British Parliament approves the Ten Resolutions. The Governor of Lower Canada can now pay the salaries of the officials without the approval of the Assembly.

	=== Avril ===		=== Avril ===

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	History is written by the victor. The events of 1837 and 1838 have thus been given the name of "rebellions", "insurrections", "uprisings" or "troubles" by the colonial power. ~~This~~ site prefers the more accurate expressions of "Military repression" or "Armed resistance" for the first conflict of 1837 and "Patriot War" or "Revolutionary War" for the second conflict of 1838.		History is written by the victor. The events of 1837 and 1838 have thus been given the name of "rebellions", "insurrections", "uprisings" or "troubles" by the colonial power.

			In his ''History of the Canada's resistance to the English government'', Louis-Joseph Papineau writes: "I challenge the English government to contradict me, when I affirm that none of us had prepared, wanted or even envisaged, armed resistance."

			In his Brief Sketch of the Life and Times of the Hon. Louis Joseph Papineau, Thomas Storrow Brown writes: "In Though the word is familiar to us, future historians may hardly admit that there ever was a Lower Canada rebellion, and the whole record may be reduced to read that the proceedings of the Colonial Office, in 1837, caused such excitement that towards the end of the year Lord Gosford, fearing a revolt, directed the Attorney-General (3) to obtain warrants for high treason against several leading men, which the judges, there not being sufficient grounds of action, would not grant; and recourse was then had to the weak instrumentality of two magistrates. Many arrests were made of persons against whom there was no charge; many escaped them by going to the United States. Three persons only - Doctor Nelson at St. Denis, T. S. Brown at St. Charles, and Doctor Chénier at St. Eustache - headed resistance to these illegal warrants, which ended speedily in the dispersion of their adherents. Elsewhere, men where quietly pursuing their usual course of life, employed in their usual occupations."

			The assertions of these men are all backed by evidence, contrary to those professed by the Lower Canada government. Consequently, this site prefers the more accurate expressions of "Military repression" or "Armed resistance" for the first conflict of 1837 and "Patriot War" or "Revolutionary War" for the second conflict of 1838.

	In Québec, these events are sometimes referred to as ''La deuxième Conquête'' (The Second Conquest).		In Québec, these events are sometimes referred to as ''La deuxième Conquête'' (The Second Conquest).