British North Americap. 309-319

Loyalists

• Americans who did not support the revolution.• 1 in 5 were strongly in favour of British rule.• Patriots like the Sons of Freedom abused, bullied,

and even burned down the homes and farms of the loyalists.

• When the rev. ended, many loyalists felt forced to leave their homes to go to British colonies.

• 43,000 to Quebec & 8,000 to Maritimes.• 60,000 Canadiens already in Quebec.

• All the loyalists made the Canadiens uncomfortable.

• The loyalists resented the French and did not want to adjust to French traditions.

• In the West, they demanded their own gov’t.• The Constitutional Act of 1791 split Quebec

into Upper and Lower Canada.

Joseph Brant• The Mohawk nation had strong links to the British.• Americans wanted their land.• Joseph Brant made several trips to England as an

Ambassador for the Six Nations to gain lands for them to settle.

• Were eventually given land along the Grand River in southern Ontario near where Brantford is today (north of Lake Eerie).

The Constitutional Act

• Passed in 1791, divided Quebec into 2 new colonies – Upper & Lower Canada

• LC kept French culture, Catholic religion, and French civil law.

• UC was English-speaking and Protestant, with British laws.

• Answer: What type of government did each new colony have? (p. 313)

Pioneer Society

• Read Getting to Canada (p.314)• Make sure you know the bolded words in that

section.• By 1815 there were 95,000 people in Upper

Canada.• People came for the cheap land, especially

from the United States.• Who were the “New Loyalists”?

John Graves Simcoe

• Was the first governor of Upper Canada.• Answer: Was he a good or bad governor?

Explain why.