This man came to prominence by winning a lot of money suing the people who had destroyed theprinting press he used to publish the Colonial Advocate.
This man came to prominence by winning a lot of money suing the people who had destroyed theprinting press he used to publish the Colonial Advocate. His attacks in that newspaper were sovociferous in their condemnations of the "Family Compact" that he was expelled from the legislaturesix times, only to be voted in again in landslides. After the appointment of Francis Bond Head asgovernor, this man instigated the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern. Recruiting (*) Rensselaer VanRensselaer, he set up a command post on Navy Island, where the SS Caroline was to supply him until itwas destroyed by the British. This first mayor of Toronto was pardoned by Van Buren after spending a yearin an American jail for violating neutrality laws. For 10 points, name this leader of the Upper CanadaRebellion of 1837 and grandfather of the Canadian Prime Minister during World War II.
This man came to prominence by winning a lot of money suing the people who had destroyed theprinting press he used to publish the Colonial Advocate.
William Lyon Mackenzie