{{short description|Early 19th-century political movement in Lower Canada (present-day Quebec)}} {{Refimprove|date=November 2006}} [[Image:Flag of the Patriote movement (Lower Canada).svg|thumb|[[Patriote flag|Flag]] used by the Patriotes between 1832 and 1838]] [[Image:Canadian patriot.jpg|thumb|right|Canadian patriot support pamphlet]]
The '''patriotes movement''' was a political tendency that existed in [[Lower Canada]] (present-day [[Quebec]]) from the turn of the 19th century to the [[Lower Canada Rebellion|Patriote Rebellion]] of 1837 and 1838 and the subsequent [[Act of Union 1840|Act of Union of 1840]]. The partisan embodiment of the movement was the [[Parti patriote]], which held many seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada]] (the elected lower house of the Lower Canadian parliament).
The movement was at once a liberal and republican reaction against colonial control of the government of Lower Canada, and a more general nationalistic reaction against British presence and domination over what had previously been an exclusively French settler colony.<ref>D. G. Creighton, ''The Struggle for Financial Control in Lower Canada''</ref> It was inspired by the [[American Revolution]], the [[decolonization of the Americas]], as well as the political philosophy of [[classical liberalism]]{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}} and [[republicanism]]. Among its leading figures were [[François Blanchet (physician)|François Blanchet]], [[Pierre-Stanislas Bédard]], [[John Neilson (Canadian politician)|John Neilson]], [[Jean-Thomas Taschereau (1778–1832)|Jean-Thomas Taschereau]], [[James Stuart (Lower Canada statesman)|James Stuart]], [[Louis Bourdages]], [[Denis-Benjamin Viger]], [[Daniel Tracey]], [[Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan]], [[Andrew Stuart (Canadian politician)|Andrew Stuart]], [[Wolfred Nelson]], [[Robert Nelson (insurrectionist)|Robert Nelson]], [[Thomas Storrow Brown]], François Jalbert and [[Louis-Joseph Papineau]]. Its ideals were conveyed through the newspapers the ''Montreal Vindicator'', ''[[Le Canadien]]'', and ''[[La Minerve]]''.
The patriotes demanded democratic reforms, such as an elected Legislative Council, as opposed to the contemporary council whose members were appointed for life by the British Crown.<ref>Elinor Kyte, ''Redcoats and Patriotes, The Rebellions in Lower Canada''. Canadian War Museum publication, 1985, p. 6.</ref> The Parti patriote also sought to place control of the colony's budget in the hands of the elected assembly, thus supporting Lower Canada's position as semi-autonomous within the Empire.<ref>Kyte, p. 6.</ref> In 1834, Louis-Joseph Papineau drafted the [[Ninety-Two Resolutions]] to [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] to obtain these and other aims. The Resolutions were in great part denied by the Russell Resolutions, which resulted in a radicalization of the Patriotes and their moving closer to demands of outright [[independence]] and a Lower Canada republic. Many of its followers ended up taking part in an armed insurrection known as the [[Lower Canada Rebellion]], which was put down by the British army and its volunteer [[militia]].
==See also== {{Commons}} {{cmn| *[[Étienne Chartier]] *[[Declaration of Independence of Lower Canada]] *''[[February 15, 1839]]'' *[[French-speaking Quebecer|Québécois]] *[[History of Quebec]] *[[Patriot War]] *[[Quebec independence movement]] *[[Société des Fils de la Liberté]] *[[Timeline of Quebec history]] *[[Upper Canada Rebellion]] }}
==References== {{Reflist}} * Canada: A People's History, chapter 7 : Rebellion and Reform
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