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American Revolution


American point of view: The British used the colonies as a way to make money. They had the power to enact laws in Parliament outside of America which significantly affected life and trade in the 13 colonies. These Acts of Parliament benefited the British but not the colonies. In addition, colonists were not afforded the same rights as the British people, nor did they have any representatives in the British Parliament to present their points of view. The colonists protested and their protests led to revolution.

British point of view: The British view on the American Revolution was that the colonies owed the empire for everything it had provided, such as protection, economy, and supplies. In reality, the British people were divided about the outbreak of war with what was then their colony—over how bad it was, whose fault it was and what to do about it. (time.com)

View from Canada: "At the time of the outbreak of the American Revolution, the population of the Canadian provinces was not large by comparison to the population of the thirteen colonies. Nova Scotia, which had not yet been divided from modern New Brunswick, had some 20,000 inhabitants, of whom approximately 12,000 were from New England. The majority were living in scattered rural settlements and had little in the wayof political interests... According to a Nova Scotia petition laid before the Continental Congress, some six hundred settlers were believed to be able and willing to aid the Revolution. The white population of what is now Ontario was virtually non-existent. Quebec had a population of approximately 90,000... From 10% to 15% of the adult male population of Quebec was sufficiently active in support of the Amercian Revolution to warrant their names being recorded so in government records. Large numbers of others provided more or less passive support; they sold supplies, mounted guard, provided transportation services when they were requisitioned, etc. Most of the rest of the population was deliberately neutral, apparently seeing the dispute as none of their business..." In addition to the Quebecois, many Acadians joined the American Revolution. They strongly disliked the British because the British exiled them from Acadia in 1755. Many spent time exiled in the American colonies and, thus, became fluent in English.
(Canadian participants in the American Revolution, an index, by Virginia DeMarce - familysearch.org)


These ancestors played an active role in the U.S. Revolutionary War / American War of Independence:

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American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Daniel GALLUP (17 March 1754, Voluntown, Connecticut, USA - 17 November 1776, Sterling, Connecticut, USA)
(John GALLUP & Hannah FRINK)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Isaac GALLUP (24 February 1712, Sterling, Connecticut, USA - 3 August 1799, Sterling, Connecticut, USA)
(John GALLUP & Elizabeth WHEELER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Amos GALUSHA (1 April 1755, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) - 16 October 1839, Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA (South, Center))
(Jacob GALUSHA & Lydia HUNTINGTON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  David GALUSHA (30 October 1748, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) - 26 August 1804, Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA (South, Center))
(Jacob GALUSHA & Lydia HUNTINGTON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  photo of ancestor   Jonas (Jonah) GALUSHA (11 February 1753, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) - 25 September 1834, Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA (South, Center))
(Jacob GALUSHA & Lydia HUNTINGTON)

Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  John GAMMELL (28 May 1752, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 10 February 1828, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Benjamin GANNETT (11 December 1727, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA - 29 June 1813, Sharon, Massachusetts, USA)
(Joseph GANNETT & Hannah HAYWARD)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Benjamin GANNETT (29 June 1757, Stoughton, Massachusetts, USA - 9 January 1837, Sharon, Massachusetts, USA)
(Benjamin GANNETT & Mary COPELAND)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Peter GANSEVOORT (17 July 1749, Albany, New York, USA (Fort Orange) - 2 July 1812, Albany, New York, USA (Fort Orange))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Thomas GARDNER (1724, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - 3 July 1775, , Massachusetts, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Seth GARY (19 May 1761, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton) - 12 December 1842, , New York, USA)
(Elijah GARY & Ruth HASKINS)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph-Marie GAUTHIER (12 March 1735, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) - 25 April 1782, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault))
(Pierre GAUTHIER dit POITEVIN & Marguerite ARCAND)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Louis GAUVIN (1725, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) - 9 January 1792, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada)
(Jacques GAUVIN & Louise ST-PIERRE dite DESSAINT)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  David GAY (26 August 1756, - 10 October 1776, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville))
(Luther GAY & Hannah CADY)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Titus GAY (KENT) (1770, Suffield, Connecticut, USA - 1837, Suffield, Connecticut, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph GENDRON (11 December 1740, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada - 24 October 1801, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon))
(Augustin GENDRON & Marie-Anne GAUMOND)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  François GERMAIN (25 January 1725, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) - 11 February 1779, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante))
(Antoine-Étienne GERMAIN & Elisabeth TROTTIER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Gabriel GIARD (20 July 1731, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) - 4 June 1783, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
(Gabriel GIARD & Suzanne MENARD dite LAPORTE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Thomas GIDDINGS (21 January 1723, Lyme, Connecticut, USA (East Saybrook) - 24 May 1790, Hartland, Connecticut, USA (East Hartland))
(Thomas GIDDINGS & Sarah ANDREWS)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Bon-Chretien GIGUÈRE (14 March 1707, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre) - 17 March 1788, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre))
(Joseph GIGUERE & Angélique MERCIER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph GILBERT (9 May 1731, Middletown, Connecticut, USA - 7 October 1776, Hartland, Connecticut, USA (East Hartland))
(Ezekiel GILBERT & Patience HARRIS)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  photo of ancestor   Philip GILDERSLEEVE (7 February 1757, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA - 26 October 1822, Portland, Connecticut, USA)
(Obediah GILDERSLEEVE & Mary DINGE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Abel GILLETT (16 May 1744, Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Poquonock) - 22 November 1807, Bloomfield, Connecticut, USA (Wintonbury))
(Abel GILLETT & Abigail ENSIGN)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ephraim GILLETT (1760, Granby, Connecticut, USA (North Granby) - 4 November 1846, Granby, Connecticut, USA (North Granby))
(Othniel GILLETT & Eunice? UNKNOWN)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John Taylor GILMAN (19 December 1753, Exeter, New Hampshire, USA - 1 September 1828, Exeter, New Hampshire, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Toby GILMORE (1745, West Africa - 19 April 1812, Raynham, Massachusetts, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Isaac GODFREY (27 November 1747, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Southport) (Greenfield Hill) - 12 February 1834, Weston, Connecticut, USA)
(Eleazer GODFREY & Rachel BENNET)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Asa GOODALE (GOODELL) (12 February 1747, Woodstock, Connecticut, USA - 8 August 1837, Woodstock, Vermont, USA (Taftsville))
(John GOODALE & Mary BUGBEE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John GOODRICH (11 April 1746, Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA - 27 April 1806, Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA)
(Jonathan GOODRICH & Sarah HOWARD)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Simeon GOODRICH (7 December 1762, Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA - 16 August 1847, Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA)
(Nathaniel GOODRICH & Martha DEMING)

Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Samuel GORE (26 January 1751, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA* - 23 November 1831, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Clement GOSSELIN (12 June 1747, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada - 9 March 1816, Mount Pleasant, New York, USA (Valhalla) (Beekmantown) (Pleasantville) (Sleepy Hollow))
(Gabriel GOSSELIN & Geneviève CRÉPEAU)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Louis GOSSELIN (2 September 1744, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada - 7 August 1823, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard))
(Gabriel GOSSELIN & Geneviève CRÉPEAU)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Zaccheus GOULD (5 February 1743, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA - 13 February 1823, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA)
(Eliezer GOULD & Elizabeth SMITH)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Andre GOULET (5 January 1757, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada - 30 May 1813, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais))
(Francois GOULET & Helene RATTÉ (RATE))

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Elisha GRAHAM (1734, Simsbury, Connecticut, USA - 7 February 1805, Canton, Connecticut, USA (Collinsville))
(Isaac GRAHAM & Lucy HOTCHKISS)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Aaron GRANT (14 August 1755, Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Poquonock) - 28 February 1827, East Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Broad Brook) (Warehouse Point) (Melrose) (Scantic) (Windsorville))
(Aaron GRANT & Mabel EASTON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joshua GRANT (1747, Berwick, Maine, USA - 22 November 1831, Berwick, Maine, USA)
(Joshua GRANT & Mercy MOULTON)

Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Moses GRANT (6 March 1744, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 22 December 1817, )
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ozias GRANT (1733, East Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Broad Brook) (Warehouse Point) (Melrose) (Scantic) (Windsorville) - 22 May 1823, Vernon, Connecticut, USA)
(Samuel GRANT & Theophyle BARTLETT)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Pierre GRAVEL (25 October 1721, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) - 3 November 1793, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer))
(Pierre GRAVEL & Marguerite PRIEUR)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Noah GRAVES (7 June 1751, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA - 20 April 1821, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA)
(Reuben GRAVES & Hannah FULLER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Selah GRAVES (19 April 1758, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA - 7 October 1825, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA)
(Reuben GRAVES & Hannah FULLER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Edward GRAY (25 September 1730, Yarmouth, Massachusetts, USA (South Yarmouth) (West Yarmouth) (Yarmouth Port) - 1803, Sandgate, Vermont, USA)
(Edward GRAY & Hannah GODFREY)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John GREATON (10 March 1741, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA* - 16 December 1783, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  photo of ancestor   Nathanael GREENE (August 1742, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Hillsgrove) (Pontiac) (Apponaug) (Warwick Neck) (Nausauket) - 19 June 1786, Mulberry Grove Plantation, Chatham County, Georgia, USA)
(Nathaniel GREENE & Mary MOTT)

Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Nathaniel GREENE (12 April 1738, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 3 February 1791, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Isaac GREGORY (1737, , North Carolina, USA - April 1800, , North Carolina, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Pierre GRENIER (30 June 1736, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport) - 20 April 1800, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce))
(Charles GRENIER & Madeleine TARDIF)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Stanley GRISWOLD (14 November 1763, Torrington, Connecticut, USA - 21 August 1815, Shawneetown, Illinois, USA)
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