2. • How did the emergence of the United States
shaped Canada?
• What challenges of coexistence arose from the
Loyalist migration?
• How did people meet those challenges?
3. • After 1763Britain was deeply in debt because of the
Seven Years’ War
• Britain did not want to lose their influence in North
America
• To maintain their influence, Britain wanted to keep
their troops stationed in the Thirteen Colonies
• Question: If Britain was low on money, how could it
fund the cost of keeping troops stationed in the
Thirteen Colonies?
4. • To fund the troops, Britain decided to raise the taxes
in the Thirteen Colonies
• Question: If you were a resident in the Thirteen
Colonies, how would you react to this? Why?
9. The colonists felt that Britain
had no right to tax them, as
Britain did not allow colonists
to elect representatives to
the British parliament
10. • In 1775 the protests in the colonies turned into
rebellion
• George Washington took command of an army
raised in the Thirteen Colonies to fight British
rule
11. • In 1776 the Thirteen Colonies decided to break
away from Britain and become an independent
country….
17. -supported -opposed the
the rebellion rebellion and
and desired
Patriots to be free Loyalists wanted to
remain united
from British and loyal to
rule Britain
Did they support breaking away from or remaining under British rule?
18.
19.
20.
21. • Make note of the fact that…
The colonies of Quebec and Nova Scotia did not
want to join this war against British rule
22. • During (and after) the war, many people who
supported British rule left the Thirteen Colonies
for the British colonies of Quebec and Nova
Scotia
• They were refugees escaping to territories that
remained under British rule
Britain was looking for ways to save money it wanted to keep troops stationed in the Thirteen Colonies but decided to make the Thirteen Colonies pay for the troops to do this they raised the taxes placed on the 13 Colonies
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students think-pair-share their thoughts- the colonists were very upset and protested the fact that Britain taxed them, yet they were not allowed to elect representatives to the government
students think-pair-share their thoughts- the colonists were very upset and protested the fact that Britain taxed them, yet they were not allowed to elect representatives to the government
- Descriptor words for conflict protest and rebellion discuss difference between protest and rebellion with the students
- 1776 the US declared itself independent of Britain and began a war
- 1776 the US declared itself independent of Britain and began a war
-would Britain just let them go without a fight?-No! This started a war…
-draw on perspective taking and ask the students if they think that everyone in the 13 Colonies would support this war
The war deeply divided communities in the 13 ColoniesThose who supported the rebellion called themselves “Patriots” Those who wanted to remain united to the British empire (and loyal to Britain) called themselves Loyalists
The war deeply divided communities in the 13 ColoniesThose who supported the rebellion called themselves “Patriots” Those who wanted to remain united to the British empire (and loyal to Britain) called themselves Loyalists
-it is important now to make note of an important fact….-back in 1775 (so the year before the US was declared a country) American soldiers attacked Quebec hoping to free it from British rule-the Americans thought that the Canadiens would welcome them as liberators they were wrong and the attack failed-What would Canada be like today if the people of Quebec had chosen differently?
-it is important now to make note of an important fact….-back in 1775 (so the year before the US was declared a country) American soldiers attacked Quebec hoping to free it from British rule-the Americans thought that the Canadiens would welcome them as liberators they were wrong and the attack failed-What would Canada be like today if the people of Quebec had chosen differently?
-it is important now to make note of an important fact….-back in 1775 (so the year before the US was declared a country) American soldiers attacked Quebec hoping to free it from British rule-the Americans thought that the Canadiens would welcome them as liberators they were wrong and the attack failed-What would Canada be like today if the people of Quebec had chosen differently?
-it is important now to make note of an important fact…. (have students look at and/or read the blurb above the illustration on page 169-back in 1775 (so the year before the US was declared a country) American soldiers attacked Quebec hoping to free it from British rule-the Americans thought that the Canadiens would welcome them as liberators they were wrong and the attack failed-What would Canada be like today if the people of Quebec had chosen differently?
-most of these people called themselves Loyalists and most had British ancestors -however, this wave of people included 3,000 black Loyalists, 2,000 Haudenosaunee people (who became allies of Britain during the war), and 3,000 German Mennonites (who had not taken sides in the war)
