Louis-Joseph Papineau, born in Montreal, Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the seigneurie de la Petite-Nation. He was the leader of the reformist Patriote movement before the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. His father was Joseph Papineau, also a politician in Quebec. Papineau was the eldest of eight children and was the grandfather of the journalist Henri Bourassa, founder of the newspaper Le Devoir.
Louis-Joseph Papineau
The young Louis-Joseph, 10 years old
Louis-Joseph Papineau, 1840
Portrait of Louis-Joseph Papineau, by Théophile Hamel.
The Lower Canada Rebellion, commonly referred to as the Patriots' War in French, is the name given to the armed conflict in 1837–38 between rebels and the colonial government of Lower Canada. Together with the simultaneous rebellion in the neighbouring colony of Upper Canada, it formed the Rebellions of 1837–38.
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.
