Chronicles of Canada Volume 24 - The Family Compact: A Chronicle of the Rebelli…
W. Stewart Wallace
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The Rebellions of 1837–1838 were two armed uprisings that took place in Lower Canada (now Quebec and Labrador) and Upper Canada (now Ontario). The rebellions were motivated by frustrations over lack of political reform. A key goal was responsible government, which was eventually achieved in the incidents' aftermath. The Upper Canada Rebellion took place in December 1837. The "Family Compact" in the title wasn't familial at all, but rather a group of political elites - not all gifted or savvy; simply the "in" people - who had firm control of the government of Upper Canada at the time. - Summary by TriciaG (3 hr 38 min)
Chapters
| A Local Oligarchy | 11:23 | Read by Kerry Adams |
| The 'Jacobins' | 23:08 | Read by Ciufi Galeazzi |
| The Banished Briton | 21:51 | Read by roselbex |
| The Maitland Regime | 32:29 | Read by roselbex |
| A Reform Assembly | 13:17 | Read by William Allan Jones |
| 'One of the Members for the County of York' | 27:09 | Read by William Allan Jones |
| The Seventh Report | 9:27 | Read by Mathiew |
| The 'Tried Reformer' | 18:10 | Read by Ciufi Galeazzi |
| 'Rebel Blood' | 17:39 | Read by Ciufi Galeazzi |
| The Outbreak | 27:35 | Read by roselbex |
| The Aftermath | 16:10 | Read by KevinS |