Lower Canada experienced during and after the rebellions great hardships and oppression and exploitation that would last until the Quiet Revolution , including a systematic program of assimilation ; the mandatory use of English in all public matters and business ; as well as an economic recession . The Rebellions lead to many more conflicts most notably the 1845 Rebellion Losses Bill which caused enraged Orangist and Tory Anglophones to Burn the Building of Parliament in Montreal , which lead to the construction of Ottawa . A large number of people were drawn to the promise of a better life in the United States to form the large majority of the French American community , concentrated mostly in the industrial north
Burn the Building of Parliament in Montreal
Burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal
Republic of Lower Canada