Lower Canada

British  

noun

1. (from 1791 to 1841) the official name of the S region of the present-day province of Quebec Compare Upper Canada

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Lower Canada

In the late 1830s, rebellions broke out in both Upper and Lower Canada.

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The division of Upper and Lower Canada temporarily eased tensions.

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In Lower Canada, these demands were also fueled by French resentment toward British rule.

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First, Upper and Lower Canada should be reunited as the Province of Canada, and British immigration should be encouraged.

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Extract from the Resolutions of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, 21st March, 1815.

From Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of his Services in the Canadas, including a reply to the strictures on his Military Character, Contained in an Article in The Quareterly Review by Brenton, E. B.