british na part 2

Question 1

what are some reasons the loyalists left new york to migrate back to Britain?

Answer 1

• 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

Question 2

how many loyalists migrated to BNA between 1782-1784

Answer 2

45 000

Question 3

were first nations loyalists considered in the treaty of paris?

Answer 3

no

Question 4

at the end of the war what were Black loyalists issued?

Answer 4

Certificates of Freedom

Question 5

1200 Black loyalists left for a colony built by who?

Answer 5

British anti-slavery society in Sierra Leone, West Africe

Question 6

in 1784 nova scotia separated due to the number of loyalists and part of it became what?

Answer 6

colony of new brunswick

Question 7

what did the constitution act of 1791 make carleton do?

Answer 7

make 2 colonies
- upper canada (ontario)
- lower canada (quebec)

Question 8

who would oversee the two canada colonies?

Answer 8

gov general appointed by britain

Question 9

what two councils were present in canadas colonies?

Answer 9

• legislative
• executive

Question 10

what did jay’s treaty 1794 do?

Answer 10

increase trade, avoid war between US and Britain

Question 11

what are causes of the war of 1812?

Answer 11

• 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

Question 12

who were the war hawks?

Answer 12

republican congressmen from south and west

Question 13

who led the war hawks?

Answer 13

john c calhoun of south carolina and henry clary of kentucky

Question 14

on july 12, 1812, what did the americans invade and occupy?

Answer 14

upper canada, Sandwich (Windsor)

Question 15

why did the americans retreat after taking Sandwich and where

Answer 15

supply problems, fort detroit

Question 16

who was head of the british forces in canada and what did they promise to the Shawnee in exchange for help?

Answer 16

sir isaac brock, land claims

Question 17

who was the leader of the shawnee first nation (from ohio valley)

Answer 17

tecumseh

Question 18

who won after the british forces in canada attacked fort detroit?

Answer 18

british forces

Question 19

who was the american general that surrendered fort detroit and captured Sandwich?

Answer 19

General Hull

Question 20

who maintained the strongest navy in the world

Answer 20

the english

Question 21

what battle did british general isaac brock die in

Answer 21

queenston heights against americans

Question 22

what was the turning point in the war of 1812

Answer 22

british deploying more ships, troops harden to north american theatre

Question 23

what treaty ended the war of 1812

Answer 23

treaty of ghent 1814

Question 24

what was the underground railroad

Answer 24

A secret transportation network that conveyed fugitive slaves from the southern US to Upper Canada (Ontario) & sometimes to Nova Scotia

Question 25

what were methods of escape for enslaved people

Answer 25

• water routes
• roads
• baggage
• railways

Question 26

what were the conditions of escape for enslaved people?

Answer 26

• night travel
• hiding during the day
• Pursued by slave owners, sheriffs, slave catchers
• little food
• Swamps and forests

Question 27

what was the fugitive slave law?

Answer 27

every American was required to return runaway slaves to the rightful owner

Question 28

who were the abolitionists?

Answer 28

people who supported the cause to end slavery