The Loyalists Who are the Loyalists? • People from the 13 colonies that remained LOYAL to England • Refused independence they did not want to live in the United States Loyalists arrive in New Brunswick
Feb 24, 2016
The Loyalists
Who are the Loyalists?• People from the 13
colonies that remained LOYAL to England
• Refused independence they did not want to live in the United States
Loyalists arrive in New Brunswick
The LoyalistsHow many Loyalists are there?
• 100 000 leave USA in 15 years– 30 000 to England– 30 000 to Caribbean– 40 000 in the British
Colonies North of USA• Newfoundland• P.E.I.• Acadia (Nova Scotia / N.B.)• Province of Québec
Loyalists arrive at the Baie of Quinte
The Loyalists
Why are the Loyalists moving to the Province of Quebec?
• They are considered to be traitors by the American and suffered bad treatment
• Some loyalists wanted to start businesses in the Province of Quebec
Loyalists arrive along the Great Lakes
Arrival of the Loyalists after the American Revolution
United States
English Territory
Loyalist Settlements
Legend
Hudson Bay
Ruperts Land
The Loyalists
Where do the Loyalists go in the Province of Quebec?• Montreal• Eastern Townships• West of the Ottawa
River• Along the Great Lakes
(Ontario, Erie, Huron)
The Loyalists
What do the Loyalists complain about in the Province of Quebec?
• Living in a French territory Law, language, religion….
• You cannot vote for the people in the government not fair, not democratic!
The Loyalists
What do the Loyalists want when they arrive in the Province of Quebec?
• To live in a territory that is English with English laws and rules!
• To be able to vote for the people in the government!
The Loyalists
• There are now more English speaking people in the Province of Quebec• They want to change the laws and
possibly what the territory looks like• The British government eventually
agrees to the change
The Constitutional Act - 1791
• In 1791 the British government creates the Constitutional Act• The Province of Quebec get divided
into 2 parts• The parts are called Upper Canada
and Lower Canada
Constitutional Act -1791
Before 1791 After 1791
The Constitutional Act - 1791
• Upper Canada is the area where most of the Loyalists moved Along the Great Lakes• The people who live there are mostly
English and Protestant
The Constitutional Act - 1791
• Lower Canada is the area where most of the French Canadians live Close to the St. Lawrence River• The people who live there are mostly
French and Catholic• There are English people in Montreal,
Quebec City and the Eastern Townships