AMERICA
British Monarch.
Promised an Elected Assembly.
Introduced the British Legal System.
Summary- Good for First Nations (first treaty) Bad for French
Soldier Loyalists
Native Loyalists
Black Loyalists
1) Civilian Loyalists
Mostly farmers and merchants,
majority came from the Northeastern
U.S (Connecticut, New York, Vermont,
Massachusetts, etc.)
Settled in Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick and Upper Canada
2) Soldier Loyalists
Soldiers who fought for Britain in
the American War of
Independence- known as "Butler's
Rangers'
3) Native Loyalists
Members of the Iroquois Confederacysupported Britain in the war because the
Americans were taking away their land and
destroying their villages
Lead by Joseph Brant, they were eventually
forced to flee to the Grand River area in
Upper Canada
4) Black Loyalists
Mostly slaves from the southern U.S (Virginia, Alabama,
Georgia etc.)
British promised them freedom and protection in Canada in
exchange for deserting their rebel masters (which was very
dangerous)
Most settled in Nova Scotia where they continued to face
discrimination- some eventually left N. America to establish a
new nation of free slaves in West Africa (Sierra Leone)