▁col ony ▁of ▁Upper ▁Canada ▁( present - day ▁Ontario ) ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 8 3 7 . ▁While ▁public ▁gr iev ances ▁had ▁existed ▁for ▁years , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁re bell ion ▁in ▁Lower ▁Canada ▁( present - day ▁Quebec ), ▁which ▁started ▁the ▁previous ▁month , ▁that ▁emb old ened ▁reb els ▁in ▁Upper ▁Canada ▁to ▁open ly ▁revol t . ▁ ▁The ▁Upper ▁Canada ▁Reb ell ion ▁was ▁largely ▁defeated ▁shortly ▁after ▁it ▁began , ▁although ▁resistance ▁l inger ed ▁until ▁ 1 8 3 8 ▁( and ▁became ▁more ▁violent ) ▁- ▁mainly ▁through ▁the ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁Hun ters ' ▁L od ges , ▁a ▁secret ▁anti - B rit ish , ▁US - based ▁milit ia ▁that ▁emer ged ▁around ▁the ▁Great ▁L akes , ▁and ▁launched ▁the ▁Patri ot ▁War ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 8 - 3 9 . ▁ ▁Some ▁histor ians ▁suggest ▁that ▁although ▁they ▁were ▁not ▁as ▁directly ▁successful ▁or ▁as ▁large , ▁that ▁the ▁re bell ions ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 7 ▁should ▁be ▁viewed ▁in ▁the ▁wider ▁context ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁Atlantic ▁revolution s ▁including ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ary ▁War ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 6 , ▁the ▁French ▁Revolution ▁of ▁ 1 7 8 9 – 1 7 9 9 , ▁the ▁H ait ian ▁Revolution ▁of ▁ 1 7 9 1 - 1 8 0 4 , ▁the ▁Irish ▁Reb ell ion ▁of ▁