History Has Its Terms
People in the Thirteen Colonies who supported the rebellion against Britain were known as
Patriots
This group of Loyalists Migrated because they were being tortured (tarred and feathered), their farms were being burned down and their men were being kidnapped.
British Loyalists.
This group was greatly impacted by the Loyalist migration because it threatened their way of life, laws, customs and language.
Canadiens
This Loyalist settler from Upper Canada overheard plans from American officers and walked 30 km to tell the British
Laura Secord
Define Representative Government
A government where citizens elect representatives to an assembly and the assembly speaks for the citizens.
People who opposed the rebellion and wanted to remail loyal to Britain were known as
United Empire Loyalists (Loyalists)
This group migrated because their religion did not allow them to take part in the war.
German Mennonites
This group was impacted by the Loyalist migration because it impacted their lands and territories
First Nations groups (specifically the Mi'kmaq)
This British General from Upper Canada was responsible for a battle win in Detroit by pretending he had more men than he did.
Isaac Brock
A rapid, often violent change in a system of government.
Loyalists who were fleeing the Thirteen Colonies to find territories that remained under British rule in North America were known as:
Refugees
This group Migrated because the confederacy of First Nations had split and Britain and left them out of their treaties.
Haudenosaunee Allies
What did the British Loyalists in the St. Johns River area petition for?
A colony (land) of their own
A Mohawk leaner. Haudenosaunee son of the famous Joseph Brant. He fought alongside the British and represented the Haudenosaunee alliance.
Ahyouwaighs
Define Republic
A system of government that does not have a monarch. (Typically a democracy)
Movement of people from one region or territory to another is known as
Migration
This group wanted to leave the southern states. Many of them ended up in Sierra Leone
Black Loyalists
Explain SPECIFICALLY what caused the Americans to declare war on British North America in 1812
Britian had shut down trade routes between France and America
A black loyalist and Veteran. Won his freedom in the American Revolution and continued to fight for the British after. He created all all black corps to fight in the war of 1812.
Richard Pierpoint
Define Immigration
The process of people establishing homes and citizenship in a country that is not their native country.
To ask for something in a formal way is known as a
Petition
This group ended up mainly in the Nova Scotia and maritimes areas
British Loyalists
How did the war of 1812 end? (who won)
Technically, no one won. It ended in a stalemate with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent
A British officer who successfully defended an attack from the Americans thanks to information received from Laura Secord (although he took all the credit).
James Fitzgibbon
Define the Constitutional Act of 1791
This act established British laws and institutions for Loyalist settlers west of Montréal.