Conflict in 13 Colonies
Why did American soldiers attack Québec in 1775?
They thought the Canadiens would welcome them as liberators. They were wrong
Refugee
A person who seeks protection in another country to escape danger in their own country
The First Nations group MOST affected by the Loyalist Migration.
Mi'kmaq
These events in Europe triggered a conflict in North America.
Napoleonic Wars
What is migration?
Movement of people from one region of a territory to another.
Patriots thought Britain had no authority to tax colonists, because Britain didn’t allow them to elect representatives to the British parliament so they created this slogan:
"No Taxation Without Representation"
Which groups of people moved to Québec and Nova Scotia during the Loyalist migration?
Loyalists, Black Loyalists, Haudenosaunee people, and German Mennonites.
These groups were worried that the arrival of the Loyalists would endanger their language, culture and way of life.
Canadiens and First Nations
When war began, this person helped organize First Nations to support the British against the Americans?
Chief Tecumseh?
The process of people establishing homes and citizenship in a country that is not their native country.
Immigration
People who supported the rebellion in the 13 Colonies.
Patriots
This was offered to Black Loyalists.
"Freedom and Farm"
This group petitioned Britain for their own colony, separate from Nova Scotia.
St. John River colonists
After the War of 1812, Britian and the United States agreed to settle the boundary between British North America and the U.S. peacefully using these.
Treaties
The process of becoming part of a different cultural group (not your own)
Assimilation
He led a rebellion and became the first president of the United States in 1789.
George Washington
After the war, the new government of the United States promised the Mennonites freedom, but this person doesn’t trust the promise. He, his family and a small group of followers have moved north.
Hans Winger
This group began to ask Britain for British laws and customs in Québec, because “they were British born subjects and have always lived under the government and laws of England.”
Loyalists
What are reason why the people of Upper Canada did not support the Americans?
The American attacks centered on Upper Canada, where some of the Loyalists had settled after the American war of independence.
A rapid, often violent change in a system of government (from monarchy to republic, for example)
Revolution
What did the Quebec Act do?
- Made colonies pay for the troops. - Raised taxes in the colonies - Expanded Quebec into Indian Territory
This person pressed Britain to recognize the rights of his people to the land at Grand River. He worked to ensure that the Haudenosaunee had clear legal title to the land according to British rules and laws.
Thayendanegea
• Divided Québec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada. • Established British civil and criminal law in Upper Canada. • Set aside lands for Protestant churches and guaranteed the Canadiens rights to the Catholic Church. • Established a “representative government.”
Constitutional Act of 1791
What are reasons why the Americans declared war on British North America in 1812?
Britain shut down trade between France and the U.S. It blocked American ships from landing at French ports. The British navy also began boarding American ships, looking for British deserters.
A person who researches family trees
Genealogist