Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1837, Louis-Joseph Papineau da Robert Nelson sun ja-goranci mazauna Lower Canada su kafa rukunin 'yan adawa da makamai da ake kira Patriotes don su kawo ƙarshen ikon da gwamnonin Britaniya suke yi. Sun yi sanarwar samun 'yancin kai a 1838, suna ba da tabbacin haƙƙin ɗan adam da daidaito ga dukkan' yan ƙasa ba tare da nuna bambanci ba. Ayyukansu ya haifar da tawaye a duka Lower da
Ƙasar Kanada ta sama. Sojojin Patriotes sun yi nasara a yakin farko, yakin Saint-Denis, saboda sojojin Birtaniya ba su shirya ba. Koyaya, 'yan kishin ƙasa ba su da tsari kuma ba su da kayan aiki, wanda ya haifar da rashin nasarar da suka yi a kan sojojin Burtaniya a yaƙin na biyu, Yaƙin Saint-Charles, da kuma rashin nasarar da suka yi a yaƙin ƙarshe, Yaƙin Saint-Eustache. Bayan nasarar da Birtaniyya ta yi wa 'yan kishin kasa, limaman Katolika sun dawo da ikonsu na ɗabi'a a tsakanin mutane kuma sun yi wa'azi don haɗin kai da ci gaban al'umma a fannonin ilimi, kiwon lafiya da zamantakewar jama'a.