Les Patriotes

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Les Patriotes were a 19th-century reformist and nationalist movement in Lower Canada that led the Rebellions of 1837–1838 against British colonial rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political movement
activeIn 1830s
19th century
associatedWith Parti patriote
commemoratedOn Journée nationale des patriotes
country Lower Canada
demanded control of public finances by elected assembly
elected Legislative Council
responsible executive to the assembly
dissolutionTime late 1830s
ethnicBase Canadien (French Canadian)
event Lower Canada Rebellion
Rebellions of 1837–1838
goal greater political autonomy
protection of French-Canadian rights
responsible government in Lower Canada
hasLeader Louis-Joseph Papineau
hasNotableMember Amédée Papineau
Edmund Bailey O’Callaghan
Jean-Olivier Chénier
Louis-Joseph Papineau
Robert Nelson
Thomas Storrow Brown
Wolfred Nelson
ideology Canadian nationalism
liberalism
republicanism
influencedBy American Revolution
British parliamentary reform movement
French Revolution
languageCommunity French Canadian
ledBy Louis-Joseph Papineau
legacy Canadian democratic reforms
Quebec nationalism
location Lower Canada
opposedBy British Army
colonial government of Lower Canada
loyalist militias
opposedTo British colonial rule
partOf history of Quebec
peakActivity 1837
1838
politicalWing Parti patriote
religiousContext Roman Catholic majority
resultedIn Act of Union 1840
Durham Report
startTime circa 1820s
symbol tricolour Patriote flag

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