Why Independence?
The name of the colony that was seeking independence.
What is the Thirteen Colonies?
The people of the Thirteen Colonies who wanted to remain loyal to the British Crown (King George III).
Three ways in which Loyalists were persecuted by the rebels.
What is that they were hurt physically, their belongings were taken and they were kicked out of their homes?
The limited amount of food that Loyalists got from the goverment.
What is "rations"?
The African country where some Black Loyalists decided to move.
What is Sierra Leone?
The name of the empire that owned the Thirteen Colonies.
What is the British Empire?
The reason Britain didn't want to give up the Thirteen Colonies.
The freed slaves who also stayed committed to Britain during and after the American Revolution.
Who are the Black Loyalists?
The reason why Loyalist children had little time for play.
What is because they did a lot of work?
The number of stars and stripes on the first American flag.
What is 13 each?
The name of the new country formed by the Declaration of Independence.
What is the United States of America?
The reasons Loyalists didn't want to become an independent country.
What is because they wanted the protection of Britain, had families in Britain or had recently moved from Britain and still felt connected to their mother country?
The side of the war with which the First Nations fought.
What is the British side?
The way land was divided up in what is now Canada.
What is a "township"?
The man who became the first President of the United States of America.
Who is George Washington?
Another name given to the American War of Independence.
What is the American Revolution?
Two ways in which the Loyalists helped Britain during the war.
What is fighting as soldiers and working as spies?
The name of the document signed on July 4, 1776 by rebel colonists.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What Loyalists had to do before being able to farm the land.
What is cut down and remove the trees?
The culture and language of the settlers already living in this area when the Loyalists arrived.
What is French?
The reason why many colonists in the Thirteen Colonies were angry and annoyed with Britain.
What is because they had to pay many taxes but no longer needed the protection of the British army and didn't have political representation over in Britain?
The people who were promised freedom if they fought for the British.
Who are the rebel slaves?
What the First Nations feared if Britain lost the war.
What is that the American rebels would spread their colony westward and take over more indigenous land?
The first British territory in the whole Empire to abolish (got rid of) slavery.
What is Upper Canada (now Ontario)?
The names of the two Canadas that were formed to accommodate both the English and the French.
What is Upper Canada (English - Ontario) and Lower Canada (French - Quebec)?