Reasons for the American War of Independence
In 1763, Britain tried to have the Thirteen Colonies cover some of the debt caused by the Seven Year's War. To do this Britain tried to increase the Thirteen Colonist's__________
What is TAXES
This was a terrible act that some of the United Empire Loyalists endured for not supporting the Patriots in the fight for freedom from Britain during the American Revolution.
What is to tar and feather?
Many Loyalists settled along the St.John River of Nova Scotia after leaving the Thirteen Colonies. They felt this land was far from the rest of Nova Scotia and that their community also had different needs. This is the new area that the British government create to accommodate this group.
What is New Brunswick?
What is the War of 1812?
The Amercian War of Independence took place during these years.
What are 1776-1783?
The people of the Thirteen colonies refused to pay the increased taxes put forth by the British following the Seven Year's War. This was the main reason for the refusal.
What is lack of representative government?
Where are Quebec and Nova Scotia?
Loyalists in Quebec were asking the British government to provide them with British laws and customs in an area that protected French laws and customs due to the Quebec Act of 1774. This act was created to deal with this issue.
What is the Constitutional Act of 1791?
This is the reason the War of 1812 erupted between America and Britain.
What is a fight due to the British blocking American ships from docking at French ports causing the Americans to get mad and retaliate by attacking British North America (because it was British owned and close).
Loyalists included three thousand black Loyalists, two thousand Haudenosaunee people, who had become allies of Britain during the
war, and three thousand German Mennonites, who had not taken sides in the war. These people moved from the Thirteen Colnonies to British North America during the American Revolution in an event given this name.
What is the Great Migration?
This is the phrase that people of the Thirteen Colonies used when they refused to pay increased taxes.
Demands from the Loyalists settling in Quebec included a desire to have British laws and customs protected by law. This group of people would be most concerned by these demands.
These are the "provinces" that existed by 1791 in British North America (no they weren't really called provinces yet).
What are: Upper Canada, Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, St. John Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland
This is the perspective of the Americans as to why they thought they could easily invade British North America.
What is the perspective that people in British North America would welcome being taken over by the Americans because they would want to be free of Britain, too.
He was a German loyalist who became the first Mennonite pastor and helped establish settlements near Markham and Waterloo, Ontario.
Who is Hans Winger?
The Thirteen Colonist's rebellion against British rule grew into an all-out fight for freedom from Britain. This is the year and the man who led the rebellion for freedom from Britain.
What is 1776 and George Washington?
Who are the mi'kmaq?
When citizens elect people to represent them in government.
What is representative government?
For the first time in Canadian history, all of these groups came together for a common cause - to not be taken over by the American's.
What are the Canadiens, the First Nations and the English speaking people?
By 1846, the border between British North America and the United States was a direct result of the ending of this conflict.
What is the War of 1812?
This group of people supported the Thirteen Colonies breaking away from Britain while this second group wanted to remain loyal to Britain.
Who are the patriots and who are the loyalists?
This is how the American War of Independence affected the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
What is the Haudenosaunee Confederacy broke up?
These are the four main points of the Constitutional Act of 1791.
What are:
1. Divided Québec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
2. have British laws in Upper Canada; French laws in Lower Canada
3. Set aside land for Protestant churches; still protect Catholic religion
4. create representative government in Upper and Lower Canada
He was a great leader of the Shawnee First Nation who was able to organize First Nation support for the British against the Americans in the War of 1812.
Who is Tecumseh?
They were offered "freedom and a farm!" but soon found out that meant smaller, less fertile plots of land (or no land).
Who were Black Loyalists?