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Rebellion Hist.

• 1 n. the abortive rebellion of 1837-38 in Upper and Lower Canada.

  See also: Upper-Canadian Rebellion  

  • 1838  Rebellion has been overwhelmed, too, in our Sister Province, without extraneous assistance.
  • 1858  . . . Louis J. Papineau [was] Speaker of the Lower House and originator of the Rebellion of 1837.
  • 1957  When William Lyon Mackenzie . . . led his mob of country bumpkins to the barricades of Gallows Hills in the Rebellion of 1837 and fled to sanctuary in the United States, he had unconsciously altered the history of the world.

• 2a n. an uprising of Métis, and some early white settlers in the Red River area in 1870, led by Louis Riel and caused by encroachment on prairie lands by the Canadian government.

  See also: Northwest Rebellion (def. 1)  

  • 1871  He speaks of the "Rebellion," like other ignorant and thoughtless people, but we imagine that he would find it rather difficult to make out that charge.
  • 1885  Went to the North West in 1860, and was leader of the Canadian party at the time of the Rebellion of 1869-70.

• 2b n. a second uprising of Métis, Crees, and white settlers, caused by the continued expansion of Canadian influence and settlement into the Saskatchewan region, nominally led by Louis Riel.

  See also: Northwest Rebellion (def. 2)  

  • 1927  I . . . was not in any other way connected with the Rebellion . . . as I was located in the town of Battleford.