Loyalists
They fled the Thirteen Colonies to remain loyal to Britain.
Who were the United Empire Loyalists?
The war in Europe that contributed to the War of 1812.
What were the Napoleonic Wars?
This chief allied with the British in the War of 1812.
Who was Chief Tecumseh?
The act that split Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.
What is the Constitutional Act of 1791?
A person forced to flee their home due to conflict.
What is a refugee?
Many settled in Nova Scotia and displaced this Indigenous group.
Who are the Mi’kmaq?
The Americans attacked this city in 1775.
What is Québec?
He asked the British to exempt Mennonites from military service.
Who was Hans Winger?
A government where citizens elect others to represent them.
What is representative government?
The movement of people into a country.
What is immigration?
Black Loyalists later moved to this country but faced discrimination.
What is Sierra Leone?
The British burned this building during the War of 1812.
What is the Presidential Mansion (White House)?
This man led British troops that burned Washington.
Who was General Ross?
A system with no king or queen.
What is a republic?
A violent change in government.
What is a revolution?
The Loyalists created this new colony after leaving the U.S.
What is New Brunswick?
The Americans declared war because Britain blocked this.
What is trade?
He led Indigenous resistance against U.S. expansion.
Who was Tecumseh?
This allowed land to be set aside for Protestant churches.
What is the Constitutional Act?
The process of being absorbed into a dominant culture.
What is assimilation?
These people sought exemption from military service on religious grounds.
Who were the German Mennonites?
This waterway influenced the naming of Upper and Lower Canada.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
These were offered to slaves in exchange for loyalty.
What were “freedom and a farm”?
This allowed each Canadian colony to have a governor.
What is the Constitutional Act of 1791?
A formal written request to the government.
What is a petition?