The Canadian Revolution: Explained (Short Animated Documentary)

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Turns out Canada had a revolution. It didn't go very well but they tried. This obviously means that New Zealand is now the good dominion.

Sources:

THE CANADIAN REBELLIONS OF 1837-38: AN EPISODE IN NORTHERN BORDERLAND HISTORY by T. P. Dunning

The Meaning of Patriot: The Canadian Rebellion and American Republicanism, 1837-1839 by Marc L. Harris

The Patriot War of 1837-1838: Locofocoism with a Gun? by Andrew Bonthius

[TheCsel]

i imagine somewhere in London, since ancient times, there's a plaque that displays the amount of days since the last rebellion in the empire.

[LedosKell]

The Canadian Revolution is often reenacted after hockey games.

[Darkred]

"I'm NOT sorry." - Canada

[sparrowpeltxx]

Canada: *starts a revolution*
U.S.A.: I’m so proud.
Great Britain: Don’t encourage him!!!

[Lordboring]

As a Canadian, I can tell you our revolt is probably one of the least climactic in history

[elpear]

UK: No Independence
Canada: "I am slightly upset"
UK: "Sweats in British"

[eribalaj]

A list of reforms:
-Be Good
-Don’t be bad
I can see why the British couldn’t accept this very realistic list of reforms

[timmmahhhh]

I can hear the dialogue of the Canadian Revolution now.
"I'm not your friend, buddy!"

[nickmcgargill]

*Britain:* "Canada! Are you being rebellious??"
*Canada:* "Sorry, I'll calm down."

[princevesperal]

A few things to add:

- Lower-Canada also declared independence as a republic, with patriot Robert Nelson as president. The declaration was very progressive for the time, in particular with regards to First Nations.

- The reason Durham recommended the fusion of both Canadas was to assimilate the French through demographic and political drowning. He was extremely harsh on the French, calling them "a people without history or culture".

- The fusion of both Canadas was largely beneficial to the English-speaking Upper-Canada, which had incurred a significant public debt, whereas the French-speaking Lower-Canada had spent much less in infrastructures because the undemocratic English political elite did not care about the well-being of the French citizenry. So Lower-Canada ended-up bailing out Upper-Canada.

- Basically, when the English-speaking settlers in Canada (mostly American Loyalists) were a minority compared to the French-speaking population who had settled there many generations ago, they insisted and obtained to have their own separate province, Upper-Canada, in which they would be a majority. As soon as demography favoured them, the English obtained the reconstitution of a united Canada.

[ninjasheep]

So the time Canadians didn’t say please when asking for freedom.

[Artur_M.]

I find that "Stars, yo" written on the American flag extremely funny. :)

[eden]

[Insert joke about Canadians being polite]

[dominiccarrano]

Britain: the overbearing dad
France: the nice mom
America: the rebellious oldest child
Canada: the well behaved younger brother
Australia: the crazy youngest son
Spain: the crazy uncle.

[GaysianAmerican]

Egypt sees Canadian naming conventions:
I see you're a man of civilization as well

[adamhunter]

I like how this video is called "THE Canadian Revolution" as if there was only one. Lets not forget the Red River Rebellion and the North West rebellion both led by the Metis Louis-Riel

[GILGATRAX-DestroyerOfWorlds]

I always love to see videos on Canada but I was confused by the title. We generally refer to these events as the Rebellions of 1837-38, not the Canadian Revolution (some quebecois might call it a revolution). Also, Papineau is pronounced like “papi-noh” not “papi-new”

[thetrashmaster]

Meanwhile in Australia: "Hey Britain can we make a new country called the Commonwealth of Australia"
UK "Why not become a dominion like Canada and New Zealand?"
Aus "We want states and a senate and maybe some colonies and stuff"
UK "You're making me proud son. Here is a quarter of Antarctica and British New Guinea as a parting gift."
Aus "Thank you so much UK, now we are going to become a democracy and give women the right to vote."
UK Crying to itself* "The child we always wanted"
USA "Okay, this is weird."

[shake_well]

Quebecer here, (French (Lower) Canadian)
Lord Durham, the new governer that unified the two colonies is seen here as a bad figure in our history.
He was highly racist toward french Canadians, calling them an inferior race, without history or culture.
He also stated that Quebec was the only one to blame for the whole revolution.

The principal objective of the act of union was mostly to assimilate the french canadian, not to create a fair union of states.

It failed, since we still have our language, history and culture :)
PS. While the rest of Canada celebrate Victoria day on may 25th (queen's birthday). We in quebec have Patriot's Day on the same date, to celebrate Papineau's rebellion.

[TeenageMutantZuckerTurtle]

Canadian Revolution:
“Can we please have reforms?”
“No”
“Then we’ll get our guns and be independent, sorry.”
“No”
“Well can we have anything?”
“You can have one Canada instead of two Canadas”
“But why would we wan-“
“You can have one Canada instead of two Canadas”
“Yes mother.”