Nyorai kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Muna 1837, Louis-Joseph Papineau naRobert Nelson vakatungamirira vagari veLower Canada kuumba boka rinorwisa rine zvombo rinonzi maPatriotes kuti vatsvake mugumo wokudzora kwavabati veBritain. Vakaita Chirevo cheRusununguko muna 1838, vachivimbisa kodzero dzevanhu uye kuenzana kwevagari vose pasina rusaruro. Zvavakaita zvakaita kuti pave nokumukira muLower uye kuUpper Canada
. Mauto ePatriotes akakunda muhondo yawo yokutanga, Hondo yeSaint-Denis, nemhaka yokuti uto reBritain rakanga risina kugadzirira. Zvisinei, maPatriotes akanga asina kurongeka uye asina zvombo zvakakwana, zvichiita kuti vakundwe nehondo yeBritain muhondo yavo yechipiri, Hondo yeSaint-Charles, uye kukundwa kwavo muhondo yavo yekupedzisira, Hondo yeSaint-Eustache. Pashure pokukundwa kwavaPatriotes navaBritain, vafundisi veKaturike vakadzorera chiremera chavo chetsika pakati pavanhu uye vakaparidzira kubatana nokusimudzirwa kworudzi muminda yedzidzo, utano uye nzanga yavagari vemo.