Translate:
English
Chinese (S)
Chinese (T)
Croatian
Dutch
French
German
Hebrew
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Russian
Serbian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Additional
United Empire Loyalists
English Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
Download this dictionary
United Empire Loyalist
United Empire Loyalists
(or 'Loyalists') is an honorific given in 1789 by
Lord Dorchester
, the governor of Quebec and
Governor General
of British North America, to
American Loyalists
who resettled in
British North America
during or after the
American Revolution
. They settled in what was initially
Quebec
(including the
Eastern Townships
) and modern-day
Ontario
, where they received land grants of per person, and in
Nova Scotia
(including present-day
New Brunswick
). Their arrival marked the beginning of a predominantly
English-speaking
population in the future
Canada
west and east of the Quebec border.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
© This article uses material from
Wikipedia
®
and is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License
and under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License