The Events of the Rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada

Rebellions of 1837 in Lower Canada

The Battle of St. Denis• When the militant group of the Patriotes, mainly

made up of Habitant, came into battle with British army

• In the first battle of St. Denis the rebel forces won• In the next battle, which was two days later, the

rebels were destroyed by the British

Battle of St. Eustache• Happened two weeks after St. Denis• St. Eustache was considered a stronghold for the

Patriote • The Battle was won by the British• Patriotes suffered:• 58 deaths• 60 homes burned downEnded the first rebellion

The Second Rebellion• The second rebellion happened November 1838• This time the Patriotes have not only the British

but as the Iroquois who teamed with them.• British used more force to send warning to any

other rebellions• Cost to the Patriotes:• 850 arrested• 12 hanged • 58 deported to the Penal colony of Australia

Rebellions of 1837 in Upper Canada

Montgomery Tavern• One of Mackenzie’s Lieutenants decided to attack

Toronto three days earlier then the planned December 7th attack

• The event tipped the Tories off to the attack• The change of the date did not reach everyone

and numbers were limited

December 7th Attack• Mackenzie’s rag tag army was met by a group of

volunteer loyalist forces• Went against Mackenzie’s plans of the military

being too busy in Lower Canada• Resulted in the end of the Rebellion in Upper

Canada• Although after fleeing to the US Mackenzie led small

attacks along the boarder