They feel in need of Britain for trade, and that they would be poor without Britain. They feel the navy would destroy any American ships bringing troops to Halifax.
Halifax-Canadian Feelings
They feel in need to defend their homeland against the Americans, and the the British has protected their seigneurical system. They mostly feel loyal to the British, and want to take arms against the Americans. They generally have the same feelings towards British Taxes as the Americans do. They want to join the Americans for the most part, as they have fathers, brothers, and sons fighting in New England Nova-Scotians do not want to side with the British against their loved ones. However, they are getting wealthy from providing supplies to Britain, and they feel it is hard to unite for a common cause with their communities so scattered and in different locations.
Nova-Scotia-Canadian Feelings
Effects on Canada
They feel loyal to the British, feel that the Quebec Act protects their Roman Catholic religion. They feel Americans will force them to give up their religion and freedom.
Quebec-Canadian Feelings
They feel they do not gain anything by joining the Americans, want the Americans to leave them alone.
New France now belonged to Britain after Victory in the Seven Years' War. However, the war had been expensive, and resulted in high national debt.
However, they do not want to fight against the Americans like the Church wants them to.
It was also expensive the to maintain an army in the 13 Colonies.
The 13 Colonies Protest
The British decided to impose taxes on the people of the 13 Colonies to pay these costs. However, the citizens protested vigorously. To the citizens, maintaining an army was a waste of money, as the French forces, their enemy, has been defeated. They wanted to be able to elect representatives to speak for them in the British Parliament. The British but taxes on imported goods such as sugar and molasses. To protest, some colonists boycotted sugar.
The American Revolution
The British forced all legal documents and newspapers had to be stamped. Tax collectors were terrorized, the Governor of Massachusetts house was wrecked by a mob, and Merchants boycotted British goods to protest. Taxes were placed on glass, ea, silk, paper, paint, and lead. The sale of British goods fell by two-thirds from refusal to buy such items.
Was a form of local government to look after day-to-day problems. Citizens would gather together to take part in the decision-making process, and elect town officers.
Community Government
The Revolution
Town officers administered and enforced laws. Officers could not make laws. Each Colony had their own Colonial Government, as well as a Governor, the Governor's Council, and Representatives from each community. During a Colonial Government Legislative Assembly, the Governor invited each community to send two representatives to the assembly.
Events Leading up to the Revolution
Government Stance and System
The British gave the East India Company the sole right to sell tea in North America. The East India ships were refused admittance in the harbours, and 3 boatloads of tea were dumped into the harbour in protest. Boston was closed to all shipping until the destroyed tea was paid for. The British gave Quebec control of the Ohio Territory to prevent the colonists from expanding westward.
Colonial Government
A Legislative Assembly could pass laws for the colony, as long as the laws did not go against the laws of Britain.
British goods were boycotted by the 13 colonies. Colonists secretly began to collect arms and ammunition, and to raise an army of 122 000 men.
Colonial Laws could be vetoed by the governor. Only free adult males of the colonies and a small number of women who owned property could vote for their representatives.
In 1775, the protests broke into armed conflict known as the War of Independence. The revolution has begun!
The Result and the Aftermath of the Revolution
The people of the 13 Colonies chose violent protest to get the changes they wanted. British North American Remain Loyal to the British.
Settlers came from England and Scotland. First settled by religious groups with beliefs not accepted in England.
Quebec was attempted to be invaded by the Americans, but the invasion had failed, and the Americans had to call off the attack.
New England
Based on wheat farming. Many different and diverse religions + nationalities Settled by Dutch, Swedes, English, Germans, Scots, and Irish
Middle Colonies
Known as the "breadbasket" of the New World; most of the civilians were farmers. Crops sold in Britain and the West Indies Many colonists were from England. Others included Scots, French, and Germans. Slaves from Africa were used as workers in plantations of tobacco, sugar, and rice farms. The only large cities in the Southern Colonies were Charleston and Baltimore.
South Colonies
The 13 Colonies