3.8 United Empire Loyalists

#1. The Loyalists were a diverse group of people, both ethnically and religiously.

False

True

#2. Who led thousands of Loyalist Mohawk Indians into Canada?

James Wolfe

Marquis de Montcalm

Joseph Brant

Sir Guy Carleton

#3. Who were the Loyalists?

French Protestants loyal to the British Crown during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham

People loyal to 13 American colonies that led the American Revolution for Independence

French Catholics loyal to the British Crown during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham

People loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution for Independence

#4. How many Loyalists fled oppression of the American Revolution to settle in Canada?

More than 10,000

More than 20,000

More than 100,000

More than 40,000

#5. How many Black Loyalists (freedmen and slaves) came to Canada after the American Revolution?

None

Around 5000

Around 3000

Around 1000

#6. What was Freetown, Sierra Leone established as?

A gold mine

A British colony for freed slaves

A free-trade colony

A diamond mine

#7. Why did some black Loyalists who came to Nova Scotia then move away to West Africa?

They were given poor land in Nova Scotia to settle down

The climate was too harsh for them to settle down

They did not want to become Protestants

There was no land for them to settle down

#8. Which British colony for freed slaves was established in West Africa by black Loyalist Nova Scotians who moved on from Canada?

Johannesburg, South Africa

Freedom town, Ghana

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Jamestown, Sierra Leone

#9. The Loyalists came from diverse religious backgrounds, including Presbyterian, Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, Jewish, Quaker, and Catholics.

True

False

#10. The United Empire Loyalists were all of British origin.

True

False

#11. Where did the Loyalists fleeing oppression of the American Revolution settle in Canada?

Newfoundland and Labrador and P.E.I.

Quebec and P.E.I.

Nova Scotia and Quebec

Ontario and Quebec

#12. The Loyalists came from multiple origins – Dutch, German, British, Scandinavian, Aboriginal and others.

True

False

#13. The Loyalists who migrated to Canada during the American Revolution included people of multiple origins, including:

Select all that apply:

Arabs

Europeans (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian)

British

Aboriginals

#14. When was the US formed?

1792

1776

1676

1867

#15. When was Freetown established in Sierra Leone (West Africa)?

1695

1792

1692

1795

#16. How many British Colonies to the south of Quebec declared independence from Britain to form the United States?

20

18

13

15

Results

#1. The Loyalists were a diverse group of people, both ethnically and religiously.

#2. Who led thousands of Loyalist Mohawk Indians into Canada?

#3. Who were the Loyalists?

#4. How many Loyalists fled oppression of the American Revolution to settle in Canada?

#5. How many Black Loyalists (freedmen and slaves) came to Canada after the American Revolution?

#6. What was Freetown, Sierra Leone established as?

#7. Why did some black Loyalists who came to Nova Scotia then move away to West Africa?

#8. Which British colony for freed slaves was established in West Africa by black Loyalist Nova Scotians who moved on from Canada?

#9. The Loyalists came from diverse religious backgrounds, including Presbyterian, Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, Jewish, Quaker, and Catholics.

#10. The United Empire Loyalists were all of British origin.

#11. Where did the Loyalists fleeing oppression of the American Revolution settle in Canada?

#12. The Loyalists came from multiple origins – Dutch, German, British, Scandinavian, Aboriginal and others.

#13. The Loyalists who migrated to Canada during the American Revolution included people of multiple origins, including:

#14. When was the US formed?

#15. When was Freetown established in Sierra Leone (West Africa)?

#16. How many British Colonies to the south of Quebec declared independence from Britain to form the United States?