<Li> Abram D. Smith </Li> <Li> Nils von Schoultz </Li> <P> The Lower Canada Rebellion (French: La rébellion du Bas - Canada), commonly referred to as the Patriots' War (French: la Guerre des patriotes) by Quebecers, is the name given to the armed conflict in 1837--38 between the rebels of Lower Canada (now Quebec) and the British colonial power of that province . Together with the simultaneous Upper Canada Rebellion in the neighbouring colony of Upper Canada (now Ontario), it formed the Rebellions of 1837 . The rebellion of Lower Canada continued in 1838 and in Quebec is often called Les rébellions de 1837--38 . </P> <P> The rebellion was preceded by nearly three decades of efforts at political reform in Lower Canada, led from the early 1800s by James Stuart and Louis - Joseph Papineau, who formed the Parti Patriote and sought accountability from the elected general assembly and appointed governor of the colony . The appointed legislative council (a type of upper house) was dominated by a small group of businessmen known as the Château Clique, the equivalent of the Family Compact in Upper Canada . </P>

Who participated in the lower canada rebellion of 1837