Province of Lower Canada government forces

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The Province of Lower Canada government forces were the British colonial military and loyalist units that suppressed the Patriote rebellions in Lower Canada in the late 1830s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British imperial forces ⓘ
colonial military forces ⓘ
loyalist militia ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1837 ⓘ
1838 ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
colonial government of Lower Canada ⓘ
commandStructure under authority of British Army commanders in North America ⓘ
under authority of the Governor of Lower Canada ⓘ
composedOf local loyalist militia units ⓘ
regular British Army regiments ⓘ
volunteer corps ⓘ
conflict Lower Canada Rebellion ⓘ
Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dissolutionContext administrative changes after the Act of Union 1840 ⓘ
engagedInBattle Battle of Odelltown (1838) ⓘ
Battle of Saint-Benoît (1837) ⓘ
Battle of Saint-Charles (1837) ⓘ
Battle of Saint-Denis (1837) ⓘ
Battle of Saint-Eustache (1837) ⓘ
garrisonedIn Montreal ⓘ
Quebec City ⓘ
historicalContext British North American colonial administration ⓘ
linked to: British America

pre-Confederation Canada ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
legalBasis British colonial law in Lower Canada ⓘ
location Lower Canada ⓘ
Saint Lawrence River valley ⓘ
linked to: St. Lawrence Valley
objective maintain public order ⓘ
preserve British sovereignty in Lower Canada ⓘ
protect loyalist population ⓘ
opposedTo Lower Canadian rebels ⓘ
linked to: Patriote rebels

Patriote movement ⓘ
partOf British Army in North America ⓘ
British North American colonial forces ⓘ
primaryOpponentsLanguage French ⓘ
resultOfActions defeat of organized Patriote military resistance ⓘ
reassertion of British control over Lower Canada ⓘ
role defence of British colonial rule in Lower Canada ⓘ
suppression of the Patriote rebellions ⓘ
usedTactic destruction of rebel property ⓘ
martial law enforcement ⓘ
mass arrests of suspected rebels ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Saint-Charles → belligerent → Province of Lower Canada government forces ⓘ
Battle of Saint-Eustache → belligerent → Lower Canada militia loyal to the Crown ⓘ
linked to: Province of Lower Canada government forces