Province of Lower Canada government forces

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British imperial forces colonial military forces loyalist militia

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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Surface form	Occurrences
Lower Canada militia loyal to the Crown	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British imperial forces ⓘ colonial military forces ⓘ loyalist militia ⓘ
activeInPeriod	1837 ⓘ 1838 ⓘ
allegiance	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebellions of 1837–1838 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolutionContext	administrative changes after the Act of Union 1840 ⓘ
engagedInBattle	Battle of Odelltown (1838) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Saint-Benoît (1837) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Saint-Charles (1837) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Saint-Denis (1837) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Saint-Eustache (1837) NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrisonedIn	Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	British North American colonial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ pre-Confederation Canada ⓘ
languageOfCommand	English ⓘ
legalBasis	British colonial law in Lower Canada ⓘ
location	Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Lawrence River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	maintain public order ⓘ preserve British sovereignty in Lower Canada ⓘ protect loyalist population ⓘ
opposedTo	Lower Canadian rebels NERFINISHED ⓘ Patriote movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British Army in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ British North American colonial forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryOpponentsLanguage	French GENERATED ⓘ
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 → Province of Lower Canada government forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Canada militia loyal to the Crown