Personal Narrative Essay: The Tragedy Of Montreal, Upper Canada

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Montreal, Upper Canada---Three days ago, a tragedy happened in the country side of Montreal. A group of farmers caused tense conflicts with British army during a demonstration. During the fighting, eight farmers were killed by my British soldiers and more than twenty farmers were injured. The countryside of Montreal became bloody. After investigating, high price of lands is the reason that causes this horrible chaos. Due to high price of lands, more and more farmers start losing their jobs. An old farmer who is one of the leaders of this demonstration said that it is impossible for them to load the large payment of lands, and he indicated that those speculators who are from government monopolize the trading of lands, which causes the prices of land keep increasing.…show more content…
I worked and farmed very hard for the whole year, and I only get one hundred dollars for profit, but I have to pay twenty dollars every month for renting lands. As you can see, it is ridiculous!” “As a farmer in Montreal, I felt it is unfair for us; therefore, we have to protest and force the government to decrease the prices of lands. I don’t want to leave Montreal where I have lived for a long time, so I will insist to fight for our rights until deaths.” The chaos in Montreal was continued, and more and more farmers participated in the demonstration. The government tried to spend more armies to stop the demonstration, but the state became worse. Mackenzie, a member of the legislative Assembly, said that government can’t just stop the demonstration by military movements. He also said that the only way to solve the problem is to reform the laws of land trading and ease farmers’ economic
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