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When Canadians Torched Their Parliament Building
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We like to think that Canada's road to nationhood was a peaceful signing of a paper, but the truth is that to get to that point we went through rebellions, riots and even the burning of our own Parliament Buildings.
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*sources*
Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/montreal-riots
Legislative Assembly of Ontario: https://www.ola.org/en/visit-learn/about-parliament/history-heritage/timeline/burning-parliament-canada-1849
Canadian Parliamentary Review: https://www.revparlcan.ca/en/vol40-no4-the-parliament-of-united-canada-in-montreal-1843-1849-an-exceptional-archaeological-site/
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