By Bernard Bujold -
If the Patriots' Rebellion of 1837-1838 went down in history as a moment of great courage for the French-speaking people of Quebec, the events of April 25, 1849 would highlight the contempt between the two peoples, the English-speaking and the French-speaking, when the Canadian Parliament in Montreal's Youville Square was burned to the ground by English-speaking rioters.
The revolt began when the government responsible for United Canada introduced a bill to compensate those who had suffered losses during the 1837-38 rebellion in Lower Canada, Francophones who were victims of reprisals by British soldiers and Anglophone militias.
Today in 2022, the site has become a park and archaeological site.
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