british na part 2 Flashcards
what are some reasons the loyalists left new york to migrate back to Britain?
- british roots
- rebels in 13 colonies harassed them
- “land loyalist”: wanted to take advantage of free land offered to them in BNA
- too hard to get good land
how many loyalists migrated to BNA between 1782-1784
45 000
were first nations loyalists considered in the treaty of paris?
no
at the end of the war what were Black loyalists issued?
Certificates of Freedom
1200 Black loyalists left for a colony built by who?
British anti-slavery society in Sierra Leone, West Africe
in 1784 nova scotia separated due to the number of loyalists and part of it became what?
colony of new brunswick
what did the constitution act of 1791 make carleton do?
make 2 colonies
- upper canada (ontario)
- lower canada (quebec)
who would oversee the two canada colonies?
gov general appointed by britain
what two councils were present in canadas colonies?
- legislative
- executive
what did jay’s treaty 1794 do?
increase trade, avoid war between US and Britain
what are causes of the war of 1812?
- impressment: britain captured american sailors and 1000 ships
- americans wanted canada
- war hawks
- election of 1808: james madison (democratic republican) was elected and wanted to fight britain
who were the war hawks?
republican congressmen from south and west
who led the war hawks?
john c calhoun of south carolina and henry clary of kentucky
on july 12, 1812, what did the americans invade and occupy?
upper canada, Sandwich (Windsor)
why did the americans retreat after taking Sandwich and where
supply problems, fort detroit
who was head of the british forces in canada and what did they promise to the Shawnee in exchange for help?
sir isaac brock, land claims
who was the leader of the shawnee first nation (from ohio valley)
tecumseh
who won after the british forces in canada attacked fort detroit?
british forces
who was the american general that surrendered fort detroit and captured Sandwich?
General Hull
who maintained the strongest navy in the world
the english
what battle did british general isaac brock die in
queenston heights against americans
what was the turning point in the war of 1812
british deploying more ships, troops harden to north american theatre
what treaty ended the war of 1812
treaty of ghent 1814
what was the underground railroad
A secret transportation network that conveyed fugitive slaves from the southern US to Upper Canada (Ontario) & sometimes to Nova Scotia
what were methods of escape for enslaved people
- water routes
- roads
- baggage
- railways
what were the conditions of escape for enslaved people?
- night travel
- hiding during the day
- Pursued by slave owners, sheriffs, slave catchers
- little food
- Swamps and forests
what was the fugitive slave law?
every American was required to return runaway slaves to the rightful owner
who were the abolitionists?
people who supported the cause to end slavery
