Editing Lower Canada (section)

=== Rebellion ===
{{Main|Lower Canada Rebellion}}
The three divides in Lower Canada ultimately reached a breaking point. To combat this the British government adopted the [[Russell Resolutions]], which rejected the [[Ninety-Two Resolutions|92 Resolutions]] created by the [[Parti canadien]]. After the [[Lower Canada Rebellion|Patriote Rebellion]] in the [[Rebellions of 1837–1838]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/durham-report |title=Durham Report |author=David Mills |author2=Richard Foot |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |publication-place=Toronto |date=20 March 2017 |access-date=18 August 2019}}</ref> was suppressed by government troops and [[Loyal (Lower Canada)|Loyal volunteers]], the [[Constitutional Act 1791|1791 Constitution]] was suspended on 27 March 1838 and a [[Special Council of Lower Canada|special council]] was appointed to administer the colony. An abortive attempt by revolutionary [[Robert Nelson (insurrectionist)|Robert Nelson]] to declare a [[Republic of Lower Canada]] was quickly thwarted.

The provinces of Lower Canada and Upper Canada were combined as the [[United Province of Canada]] in 1841, when the ''[[Act of Union 1840]]'' came into force. Their separate legislatures were combined into a single parliament with equal representation for both constituent parts, even though Lower Canada had a greater population.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/act-of-union |title=Act of Union |author=Jacques Monet, SJ |author2=Richard Foot |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |publication-place=Toronto |date=4 March 2015 |access-date=18 August 2019}}</ref>

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file:WilliamLyonMackenzie.jpeg|[[William Lyon Mackenzie]], [[Upper Canada Rebellion|rebellion]] chief in [[Upper Canada]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/rpcq/detail.do?methode=consulter&id=19028&type=pge#.W_M2PPniaUk |title=Mackenzie, William Lyon |website=Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec |access-date=19 November 2018}}</ref> 
File:Louis-Joseph Papineau by William Notman.jpg|[[Louis-Joseph Papineau]], [[Lower Canada Rebellion|rebellion]] chief in Lower Canada<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/louis-joseph-papineau |first1= James H. |last1=Marsh |orig-date= January 20, 2008 |date= February 9, 2017 |title=Louis-Joseph Papineau |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |publisher=Historica Canada |publication-place=Toronto |access-date=18 August 2019}}</ref>
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