The precipitating event that caused EF
to leave Canada and head back south to the United States was, writes Lissa Paul
, Mackenzie's Rebellion, an episode in Canadian history that began on 5 December 1837....
Timeline
4 July 1836: W. L. Mackenzie began publishing Constitution,...
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4 July 1836
W. L. Mackenzie
began publishing Constitution, which advocated a republican form of government.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 459
5 December 1837: After declaring a provisional government,...
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5 December 1837
After declaring a provisional government, W. L. Mackenzie
led the revolt in Upper Canada, launched the previous day when rebels gathered at Montgomery's Tavern in what is now Toronto.
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
II: 460
Williams, Neville. Chronology of the Modern World: 1763 to the Present Time. David McKay, 1967.
180, 182
Burroughs, Peter. The Canadian Crisis and British Colonial Policy, 1828-1841. Macmillan of Canada, 1972.
93, 108
McInnis, Edgar. Canada: A Political and Social History. Revised ed., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964.
