Parliament also sent Lord Durham to become Governor-in-Chief of the British North American colonies,[28] so that Arthur reported to Durham. pp. Gerald RW (talk) 21:28, 14 September 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gerald RW (talk • contribs) 21:25, 14 September 2015 (UTC), The article muddles up the battles completely: first there were two or more exactly skirmishes. On January 13, 1838, under attack by British armaments, the rebels fled. In less than half an hour the confrontation was over, and the rebel forces dispersed.[26]. The Rebellions of 1837–1838 (Les rébellions de 1837) were two armed uprisings that took place in Lower and Upper Canada in 1837 and 1838. Government loyalists dispersed the rebels with a few shots, ending Mackenzie's erratic attempt to overthrow the colonial government. The Reformers experienced a disaster at the 1836 elections for the 13th Parliament of Upper Canada, and the Society took its final form as the Toronto Political Union in 1837. "The Gentlemanly Order & the Politics of Production in the Transition to Capitalism in the Home District, Upper Canada". They began the march down Yonge Street but were halted along the way by a party of truce from the city; they exchanged terms; when the offer of truce was later rescinded, the march continued into the dark. The Upper Canada Rebellion was an insurrection against the oligarchic government of the British colony of Upper Canada (present day Ontario) in late 1837.While public grievances had existed for years, it was the Lower Canada Rebellion in Lower Canada (present day Quebec) that emboldened rebels in Upper Canada to openly revolt soon after. Together with the simultaneous Upper Canada Rebellion in the neighbouring colony of Upper Canada (now Ontario), it formed the Rebellions of 1837. Following the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837 Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada Sir George Arthur directed the construction of a Sherbourne Blockhouse, and a ring of six other blockhouses -- to guard the approaches to Toronto in case there was another rebellion. Mackenzie, Duncombe and other rebel leaders fled with about 200 followers to the United States. [8] The issues, from the perspective of the reformers, were to an extent summarised in The seventh report from the Select Committee of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada on grievances...,[9] and can be related as follows: Both before and after the War of 1812, the government of Upper Canada continued to fear what it suspected might be a growing interest in American-inspired republicanism in the province. Although they lacked the minimum capital needed to found the bank, they persuaded the government to subscribe for a quarter of its shares. The reformers prepared a petition to the Crown protesting the abuses, carried to London by Charles Duncombe, but the Colonial Office refused to hear him. Mackenzie frequently complained about the manner in which members of the Family Compact utilized their official positions for monetary gain, especially through corporations such as the Bank of Upper Canada, and the two land companies (the Clergy Corporation and the Canada Company) that between them controlled two sevenths of all the land in the province. They passed a law promoting "irresponsible government", prohibiting members of the Legislature from serving as Executive Councillors (a cabinet minister). They were the leading members of the administration: executive councillors, legislative councillors, senior officials and some members of the judiciary. The history of democracy, we tend to believe, happened somewhere else.”[34], Paul Romney explains this failure of historical imagination as the outcome of an explicit strategy adopted by reformers in the face of charges of disloyalty to Britain in the wake of the Rebellions of 1837. Gerald RW (talk) 19:37, 16 September 2015 (UTC), Since cannon fire was directed at Montgomery's tavern and a few hundred unarmed persons in the vicinity, while it did have an effect, it was mostly not of much tactical importance. They were interned near the present day suburb of Concord, giving rise to the names Canada Bay, French Bay and Exile Bay. The delegates to the Convention, like Samuel Lount, downplayed the armed aspect of the Rebellion to the farmers he tried to enlist. In pursuit of this democratic goal, the Chartists eventually staged a similar armed rebellion, the Newport Rising, in Wales in 1839. William Lyon Mackenzie (March 12, 1795 – August 28, 1861) was a Scottish-born Canadian-American journalist and politician.After growing up in Dundee, Scotland he emigrated to York, Upper Canada and became a publisher. The article on Mackenzie says that he was arrested due to the Caroline incident- which is explained in another article again. But tied to these rights to personal property and egalitarian democracy were severe restrictions on chartering corporations; starting from the premise that “Labour is the only means of creating wealth” it placed a constitutional prohibition on chartering either banks or trading companies.[19]. pp. "Historical Roots of Canadian democracy". Enoch Moore (Loyalist turned rebel). In FitzGibbon's own words "you will please me by always having my name printed with a capital G". The Rebellion was, rather, the unintended consequence of a sophisticated political movement that copied the organizational forms of the British Reform movement. 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