> After the rebellions died down, more moderate reformers, such as the political partners Robert Baldwin and Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, gained credibility as an alternative voice to the radicals. They proved to be influential when the British government sent Lord Durham, a prominent British reformer

(from that article)

It was not the violence that lead to change, but diplomacy... unless I'm missing something.

Regardless, it doesn't counter my point, unless you want to point out the revolutionary wars Australia and New Zealand had...