5 dic 1837 anni - Canadian politician and firebrand William Lyon Mackenzie attempts, near Toronto, to launch a popular rebellion against British colonial rule. Many in the US sympathized with the rebellion and hoped that eventually Canada would become part of the United States. Mackenzie later established a rebel force on Navy Island, not far from Niagara Falls
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5 dic 1837 anni
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~ 187 years ago