Bluebloods & rednecks: Discord and rebellion in the 1830s

From the birth of the Orange Lodge to the Battle of the Windmill, the Counties of Leeds-Grenville in the 1820s and '30s became notorious for political violence. This is a thoroughly researched history of the events in what is now Eastern Ontario that helped cause the 1837 Rebellion in Upper Canada, and brought about political reform in pre-Confederation Canada.