1 7 9 8 , ▁and ▁the ▁independence ▁strugg les ▁of ▁Spanish ▁America ▁( 1 8 1 0 – 1 8 2 5 ). ▁While ▁these ▁re bell ions ▁differ ed ▁in ▁that ▁they ▁also ▁strugg led ▁for ▁republic an ism , ▁they ▁were ▁inspired ▁by ▁similar ▁social ▁problems ▁stem ming ▁from ▁poor ly ▁reg ulated ▁o lig arch ies , ▁and ▁sought ▁the ▁same ▁dem ocr atic ▁ide als , ▁which ▁were ▁also ▁shared ▁by ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ' s ▁Chart ists . ▁ ▁The ▁re bell ion ▁led ▁directly ▁to ▁Lord ▁Dur ham ' s ▁Report ▁on ▁the ▁Affairs ▁of ▁British ▁North ▁America , ▁and ▁to ▁The ▁British ▁North ▁America ▁Act , ▁ 1 8 4 0 , ▁which ▁partially ▁reform ed ▁the ▁British ▁provinces ▁into ▁a ▁unit ary ▁system , ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁Canada ▁as ▁a ▁nation ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 7 . ▁ ▁Reform ▁movement ▁and ▁re bell ion ▁organization ▁ ▁Because ▁it ▁was ▁put ▁down ▁relatively ▁easily , ▁and ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁s oph istic ated ▁or ▁sust ained ▁military ▁campaign , ▁the ▁Upper ▁Canada ▁Reb ell ion ▁is ▁sometimes ▁dismiss ed ▁as ▁a ▁" f arm ers ' ▁revol t , ▁but ▁the ▁re bell ion ▁was ▁led ▁by ▁M embers ▁of ▁Parliament ▁and ▁the ▁Mayor ▁of ▁Toronto , ▁had ▁w ides p read ▁support , ▁and ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁global ▁revolution ary ▁movement ▁that ▁used ▁the ▁organiz ational ▁strateg ies ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁reform ▁movement , ▁which ▁had ▁achieved ▁the ▁Reform ▁Act