The constitutional history of Canada begins with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, in which France ceded most of New France to Great Britain. Canada was the colony along the St Lawrence River, part of present
Robert Harris's Fathers of Confederation, an amalgamation of the Charlottetown and Quebec conferences.
The Lower Canada Rebellion, commonly referred to as the Patriots' Rebellion in French, is the name given to the armed conflict in 1837–38 between rebels and the British colonial government of Lower Ca
The Battle of Saint-Eustache
Louis-Joseph Papineau submitted his "Ninety-two Resolutions" after protesters were shot in Montreal.
Government forces engage Patriote rebels during the rebellion.
Leaders of the Patriote movement approved the formation of the paramilitary Société des Fils de la Liberté during the Assembly of the Six Counties, in October 1837.