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 * __[[image:firing-on-star-of-west.jpg width="223" height="230"]]American Revolution__**

The American Revolution was also called the war of the Thirteen Colonies or the Revolutionary war. The Thirteen Colonies were made up of Virginia, Massachusettes, New Hampshire, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.The war started because Britain took over the thirteen colonies and they were starting to make them pay taxes because they needed help to pay for the war going on in Canada. The thirteen colonies came up with the slogan "No taxation without representation." The thirteen colonies didn't want to be controlled by Britain anymore so they started to fight against the British. The war went from 1776-1783 so it lasted seven years. When the war started the thirteen colonies divided into two different groups the loyalist and the patriots. The loyalists were also called Torie's or the King's Men. The Loyalist didn't want to fight against Britain so they fought with them. The Patriots were also called Whigs or just Americans. The patriots fighted against the British. The Americans thought that the Loyalists were traitors who turned against their family and friends. From the British and Canadian prospective the Patriots were rebels and the Loyalist were loyal to their country. There were many people involved in the battle. The Loyalist consisted of three thousand black Loyalists and two thousand Haudenosaunee people.At the end of the seven years the Patriots had just won the battle because they got lots of aid from other countries such as France and then the British started pulling back their troops from American and going to their own country (Canada). Soon after the Partriots were mad at the Loyalists for being traitors. Some got killed, some got captured, some were blackmailed, whipped, abused, threatened, attected by mabs of Patriots, but some of them were able to escape to Canada. The people in Canada had to give land for the immigrants to live off of. There were many different wars during the battle. One of them is the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga. Ethan Allen and Captain Benedict Arnold led the Green Mountain boys to Fort Ticonderoga.There weren't many British people there so the American went down to the fort at dawn while the British were sleeping. They captured the whole fort without a single shot fired. The Green Mountain Boys took 78 pieces of war equipment including 59 cannons. The cannons were then used to drive the British out of Boston. In the end the Patriots got to keep The United States and the Loyalist and Britain got to go to Canada. In September of 1783 the treaty of Alligence or the treaty of Paris was signed. It was signed to officially end the war. Even though the treaty was signed in September 1783 the was didn't end until Feburary 1783. After the treaty was signed many of the Native Americans went to Canada leading the Patriots to there. There are many different things that affected Canada. One of them is at the end of the American Revolution the French and the British were in Canada and without them both there Canada would not be a bilingual country of both French and English as our official language. Another thing is that when the British came to Canada there was a sudden explode in population there so Canada split into Upper and Lower Canada. The British got to keep Ontario.

__The Constitutional Act__ The Constitutional Act came out after the American Revolution because the Loyalists wanted to seek revenge on the patriots. It came into effect December 26, 1791 and then having received royal assent in June of 1791. The purpose of the act ws to assimilate the colony's constitution and it was Great Britains attempt to to please the loyalists. The constitutional Act was put into place because the wanted to appease (make peace with) the British. It stated the right to levy taxes, create the division of Quebec, and to maintain and strengthen political dependancy. When it was put into place Canada was divided into Upper and Lower Canada. Upper Canada consisted of western half of Canada, or southern Ontario. Upper Canada also recived english laws and created the the clergy reserves. Lower cnada maintained French law, and they kept the Seignerial System. Lower Canada consisted of the easter half of Canada and southern Quebec. Both Upper and Lower Canada had recieved and elected assembly which had no power or responsibility. The Constitutional Act tried to create ana established church but it just caused many difficulties in the later years. The effect the Constitutional Act had on Canada was that we are a bilingual country where some of Canada speaks mostly french (Quebec) and that the rest of our country speaks mostly english.


 * __What was one significant battle in the American Revolution ? Why was it ? What happened there ?__**


 * __What were the roles of the patriots and the loyalists, who did they fight with in the war, why did they ?__**


 * __What was the outcome of the war, who came out on top and what were the conditions of the winners ?__**


 * __What was the American Revolution also called and why was it called that ?__**


 * __How did the American Revolution change our identity as Canadians today ?​__**