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Facts

Also Known As Lower Canada
Date 1791 - 1867

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Canada East
Upper and Lower Canada, 1840
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Fenian raids
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Quebec
province, Canada

Key People

Papineau, Louis-Joseph
Louis-Joseph Papineau
Canadian politician
Nicolas Perrot
French fur trader, official, and explorer
Prevost, Sir George, 1st Baronet
Sir George Prevost, 1st Baronet
British governor in chief of Canada
George-Étienne Cartier
Sir George-Étienne Cartier, Baronet
prime minister of Canada
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson
American lawman
James McGill
Canadian politician