Burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal
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Burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal
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The burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal occurred on the night of April 25, 1849, in Montreal, the then-capital of the Province of Canada. The way the matter was handled by then co-prime ministers of the united Province of Canada, Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin, helped develop the Canadian democratic tradition. The St. Anne's Market building lodging the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada was burned down by Tory rioters as a protest against the Rebellion Loss
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1849 riots against the Rebellion Losses Bill in Montreal, then-Province of Canada
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_the_Parliament_Buildings_in_Montreal
date created:
2009-02-04T17:12:49Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T16:08:56Z
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