burning of the Parliament buildings in Montreal in 1849

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The burning of the Parliament buildings in Montreal in 1849 was a violent protest and arson attack by angry mobs opposed to the Rebellion Losses Bill, which destroyed the seat of government and prompted the eventual relocation of Canada’s capital.

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instanceOf arson attack ⓘ
attack on a government building ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political riot ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Burning of the Parliament of Canada in Montreal ⓘ
Montreal Parliament fire of 1849 ⓘ
chronology occurred after passage of the Rebellion Losses Bill ⓘ
occurred during the governorship of Lord Elgin ⓘ
coordinateLocation 45.5017°N 73.5540°W ⓘ
country Province of Canada ⓘ
describedBySource Canadian parliamentary histories ⓘ
contemporary newspaper accounts in Montreal ⓘ
endTime 1849-04-26 ⓘ
followedBy relocation of Parliament to Toronto in 1849 ⓘ
subsequent sessions of Parliament in Quebec City ⓘ
hasCause anger among Tory and merchant elites ⓘ
opposition to the Rebellion Losses Bill ⓘ
political tensions between English-speaking and French-speaking communities ⓘ
resentment over compensation to Lower Canada rebels ⓘ
hasEffect damage to surrounding buildings and archives ⓘ
deepening of linguistic and political divisions in Canada East ⓘ
loss of parliamentary records and library materials ⓘ
strengthening of responsible government in the Province of Canada ⓘ
hasTypeOfViolence arson ⓘ
riot ⓘ
location Canada East ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
Parliament Buildings, Montreal ⓘ
mainSubject Rebellion Losses Bill ⓘ
opponent Governor General James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
government of Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin ⓘ
participant angry mobs of Tory protesters ⓘ
supporters of the Conservative opposition ⓘ
supporters of the Rebellion Losses Bill inside Parliament ⓘ
partOf history of responsible government in Canada ⓘ
political conflicts after the Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
pointInTime 1849-04-25 ⓘ
politicalContext conflict between Reformers and Tories in the Province of Canada ⓘ
implementation of responsible government in British North America ⓘ
result debate over the future capital of the Province of Canada ⓘ
destruction of the Parliament buildings in Montreal ⓘ
eventual selection of Ottawa as capital of the Province of Canada ⓘ
increased political instability in the Province of Canada ⓘ
relocation of the seat of government from Montreal ⓘ
temporary move of Parliament to Toronto ⓘ
significantEventFor Province of Canada Parliament ⓘ
history of Canadian federal capital ⓘ
startTime 1849-04-25 ⓘ

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Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada → significantEvent → burning of the Parliament buildings in Montreal in 1849 ⓘ
burning of the Parliament buildings in Montreal in 1849 → alsoKnownAs → Montreal Parliament fire of 1849 ⓘ
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