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Lower Canada Rebellion

American  
[loh-er] / ˈloʊ ər /

noun

  1. an uprising of 1837, quickly crushed by the British militia, against the British colonial administration in Quebec.

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The story of the Lower Canada rebellion is told in detail in some of the general histories of Canada.

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