The situation was made worse in March 1837 when the Tories passed a law making it cheaper to sue farmers: city merchants could sue in the middle of harvest, and if the farmer refused to come to court in Toronto, they would automatically forfeit the case and be subjected to a sheriff's sale.[22]. Gerald RW (talk) 19:37, 16 September 2015 (UTC), The stores of arms and munitions consigned to the city hall comprised some 6000 stands of muskets and munitions. The Upper Canada Rebellion is sometimes dismissed as a "farmers' revolt," an opportunistic action by misled backwoodsmen. Greer, Allan (1999). During the 1830s, a third of the bank's board were Legislative or Executive Councillors, and the remaining all magistrates. 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. Cadigan, Sean T. (1991). I have just modified one external link on Upper Canada Rebellion. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{sourcecheck}} (last update: 15 July 2018). The Upper Canada Rebellion was an insurrection against the oligarchic government of the British colony of Upper Canada (present day Ontario) in December 1837. His own writings reveal a prejudicial attitude towards lower class citizens and country folk which he was not shy on expressing. 1837 Dower Map of Van Dieman's Land or Tasmania - Geographicus - Tazmania-dower-1837. William Lyon Mackenzie (12 March 1795 – 28 August 1861) was a Scottish born American and Canadian journalist, politician, and rebellion leader. This was a substantial violation of the Treaty of Ghent and other agreements. The revolt in Lower Canada was the more serious and violent of the two. --Matthew Kelly 04:26, 3 May 2006 (UTC), As has been stated above, the Neutrality Act linked to cannot be the correct Act or Treaty in question, since it takes place 100 years later. 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]. The meeting appointed Hughes, Samuel Lount, Nelson Gorham, Silas Fletcher, Jeremiah Graham and John McIntosh, M.P.P. Main articles: Rebellions of 1837 and Patriot War Charles Duncombe (28 July 1792 – 1 October 1867) was a leader in the Upper Canada Rebellion in 1837 and subsequent Patriot War. On January 13, 1838, under attack by British armaments, the rebels fled. Following the war, the colonial government took active steps to prevent Americans from swearing allegiance, thereby making them ineligible to obtain land grants. All of this information is already on wikipedia, it's just a matter of getting it organized. 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. William Lyon Mackenzie launched a new newspaper, the Constitution, on 4 July 1836. "[25], Dr. Rolph, however, had heard that the Lt. Mackenzie, Duncombe, John Rolph and 200 supporters fled to Navy Island in the Niagara River, where they declared themselves the Republic of Canada on December 13. pp. Mackenzie went to the United States where he was arrested and charged under the Neutrality Act. The reformer party in the Legislative Assembly desired that the Jury system be reformed, to the extent that they passed a Jury Law Amendment Bill no less than four times over eight years. The icing on the cake was likely when he actively participated in the election and vote rigging in several pro-reform ridings and then prevented legal electoral review; one must wonder why he did any of this since he paid no attention to the wishes of the elected assembly; as the article notes, he barely listened to his family compact laden executive council (who possessed a modicum of decency) and even ignored instructions from England. They were the leading members of the administration: executive councillors, legislative councillors, senior officials and some members of the judiciary. It should be noted that the fact that the cannon were supplied with cannon balls as opposed to grape and canister shot there was no real attempt to provide a tactical function, although they shot the heck out of a stand of trees and punched out one of Montgomery's windows. These debts stemmed mostly from investments in canals [24] A man and his team of oxen hired at two dollars per day. The rebels held off the advancing main column for about 1/2 hour until the western flanking force engaged them at which point they began to fall back. [11], The Family Compact was a small, tightly knit group of men who dominated the government of Upper Canada and the financial and religious institutions associated with it. But when the revolt began, Mackenzie hesitated in attacking the city until December 7, when his military leader, Anthony Van Egmond, arrived. This constitution closely resembled the objectives spelled out in the constitution of the Canadian Alliance Society in 1834; it called for an elected governor, legislative council (senate), House of Assembly and magistracy, all by secret ballot. While the banks received government support, ordinary farmers and the poor did not. They passed a law promoting "irresponsible government", prohibiting members of the Legislature from serving as Executive Councillors (a cabinet minister). "The U.C. 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. declared bankruptcy) by July 1837 and requested government support. 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