00:00The Patriots' Rebellion, also known as the Patriots' Revolt, Patriots' Revolution, Patriots' Insurrection, Rebellion
00:07The Troubles of 1837-1838, or the Troubles of 1837-1838, is a major event in the history of Quebec and
00:14from Canada.
00:14It is a national, political and social conflict that originates from the conquest of 1760 and whose
00:20The military culmination took place in two phases.
00:22The first takes place from November to December 1837, and the second in November 1838.
00:28It takes place in the British colony of Lower Canada, present-day Quebec.
00:32It is the culmination of an increasingly intense political conflict between the British colonial authorities and the
00:37majority of the population of Lower Canada.
00:40Sharing several similarities with the Upper Canada Rebellion in the neighbouring colony of Upper Canada,
00:45The Patriots' Rebellion is the most intense and best-known episode of colonial opposition to the
00:49'British Empire in North America after the American Revolutionary War.
00:53The insurgent Patriots clashed with loyalist troops and militias on several occasions.
00:57The best known were in Saint-Denis, Saint-Charles and Saint-Eustache in 1837 and in Odelton, nearby
01:02from the American border, in 1838.
01:05The repression by the colonial authorities was harsh.
01:08Martial law is declared and many rebels, including Louis-Joseph Papineau, are forced to flee to the United States to avoid
01:13the death penalty.
01:15Hundreds are arrested, several are deported to Australia, others are hanged at the prison at the foot of the stream
01:20in Montreal or killed during the fighting.
01:22Lord Durham's report and the Act of Union of 1840 are directly linked to the failure of the rebellions.
01:27and aim to eliminate French-Canadian nationality through assimilation.
01:31The archival collection relating to the Rebellion of 1837-1838 is held at the Montreal Archives Centre
01:37by the National Library and Archives of Quebec.
