Rebellion Losses Bill controversy

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The Rebellion Losses Bill controversy was a major political crisis in the Province of Canada in 1849 over compensating residents for property damage from the 1837–1838 rebellions, which sparked violent protests and the burning of the Parliament buildings in Montreal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political crisis ⓘ
aim to compensate residents for property damage during the 1837–1838 rebellions ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Province of Canada ⓘ
chronology after the Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
before the move of the capital from Montreal to Toronto and Quebec City ⓘ
conflict between Reformers and Tories in the Province of Canada ⓘ
country Province of Canada ⓘ
describedBySource Canadian political history texts ⓘ
followedBy increased support for responsible government ⓘ
relocation of the capital from Montreal ⓘ
hasCause Rebellion Losses Bill ⓘ
Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
hasEffect attack on the Governor General Lord Elgin ⓘ
burning of the Parliament buildings in Montreal ⓘ
deepened linguistic and cultural tensions between anglophones and francophones in Canada East ⓘ
political unrest in the Province of Canada ⓘ
violent protests in Montreal ⓘ
hasPart Rebellion Losses Bill ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
location Canada East ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
mainSubject compensation for property damage ⓘ
natureOfStatement controversy over indemnifying people in Canada East ⓘ
opposedBy Tory conservatives in Canada ⓘ
loyalist groups in Montreal ⓘ
opposedClaim that the bill rewarded rebels ⓘ
partOf history of responsible government in Canada ⓘ
political history of the Province of Canada ⓘ
pointInTime April 1849 ⓘ
significantEvent burning of the Parliament buildings in Montreal ⓘ
riots by opponents of the bill ⓘ
significantPerson Lord Elgin ⓘ
Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine ⓘ
Robert Baldwin ⓘ
significantPlace Montreal, Canada East ⓘ
Parliament buildings in Montreal ⓘ
startTime 1849 ⓘ
supportedBy Reformers in the Province of Canada ⓘ
government of Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin ⓘ
supportedClaim that loyal subjects also suffered losses during the rebellions ⓘ
topic compensation for losses during the Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
responsible government in the Province of Canada ⓘ
treatment of former rebels ⓘ

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Province of Canada → significantEvent → Rebellion Losses Bill controversy ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada → significantEvent → Rebellion Losses Bill debates ⓘ
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Rebellion Losses Bill controversy → hasPart → Rebellion Losses Bill ⓘ
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Rebellion Losses Bill controversy → hasCause → Rebellion Losses Bill ⓘ
linked to: Rebellion Losses Bill controversy
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin → notableEvent → Rebellion Losses Bill crisis in Canada ⓘ
linked to: Rebellion Losses Bill controversy
burning of the Parliament buildings in Montreal in 1849 → mainSubject → Rebellion Losses Bill ⓘ
linked to: Rebellion Losses Bill controversy