... rival the central colonial administration" (Greer 1993, p. 17). While the situation and causes differed in both Upper and Lower Canada, so too did the preceding actions and levels of civil disobedience. The rebellion in Lower Canada began first. It was started by rebel leaders in November 1837, amongst them Wolfred Nelson, Louis-Joseph Papineau, and Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (Curtis 1983). ... According to Lord Durham's Report on the Rebellions, the civil unrest at the heart of the rebellions in Lower Canada existed due to the rising ambitions of a French-Canadian middle class, the main ...

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