THE PATRIOTS' DAY IN 2023...
By Bernard Bujold -
The Quebec Patriots' Day, on this Monday, May 22, 2023, marks the 1837-1838 rebellion, a major event in the history of Quebec.
A link can be made between the Patriots' rebellion and the deportation of the Acadians in 1755. In both cases, England wanted to occupy the territory...
The history of these two events is linked to another contemporary event, the current war in 2023 between Russia and Ukraine, whose objective is also the occupation of territories. We can conclude that even if times have changed, the political ambitions for the conquest of territory remain the same...
An excellent book to read on the history of patriots is the novel by Jules Verne: "A FAMILY WITHOUT A NAME". We can see in this historical novel that if Quebec had obtained military aid from the Americans, in their fight against the English soldiers, the Patriots would have won the rebellion that they lost because of the lack of means and we would probably be an American state today!
Note that the failure of the Patriots would lead to the burning of the Canadian Parliament in Old Montreal ten years later, on April 25, 1847. It was English citizens who had set the fire to contest the bill to financially compensate French-speaking citizens who were victims of the 1837-38 rebellion.
Jules Verne's novel is available as a free PDF download.
https://beq.ebooksgratuits.com/vents/Verne-famille.pdf
By Bernard Bujold -
The Quebec Patriots' Day, on this Monday, May 22, 2023, marks the 1837-1838 rebellion, a major event in the history of Quebec.
A link can be made between the Patriots' rebellion and the deportation of the Acadians in 1755. In both cases, England wanted to occupy the territory...
The history of these two events is linked to another contemporary event, the current war in 2023 between Russia and Ukraine, whose objective is also the occupation of territories. We can conclude that even if times have changed, the political ambitions for the conquest of territory remain the same...
An excellent book to read on the history of patriots is the novel by Jules Verne: "A FAMILY WITHOUT A NAME". We can see in this historical novel that if Quebec had obtained military aid from the Americans, in their fight against the English soldiers, the Patriots would have won the rebellion that they lost because of the lack of means and we would probably be an American state today!
Note that the failure of the Patriots would lead to the burning of the Canadian Parliament in Old Montreal ten years later, on April 25, 1847. It was English citizens who had set the fire to contest the bill to financially compensate French-speaking citizens who were victims of the 1837-38 rebellion.
Jules Verne's novel is available as a free PDF download.
https://beq.ebooksgratuits.com/vents/Verne-famille.pdf
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