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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  Thomas GRISWOLD (25 January 1729, Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Poquonock) - 27 October 1805, Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Poquonock))
(Thomas GRISWOLD & Abigail SACKETT)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Moses GROSVENOR (15 August 1741, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA (Abington) - 16 March 1811, Carlisle, New York, USA (Grosvenor Corners))
(Caleb GROSVENOR & Sarah CARPENTER)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Charles-Louis GUAY (16 July 1730, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) - , )
(Charles-Joseph GUAY & Barbe CARRIER)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste GUYON (DION) (7 December 1733, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada - 4 April 1810, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola))
(Joseph GUYON (DION) & Marie-Brigitte BAUCHER dite MORENCY)
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American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Augustin HALAY (HALLÉ) (1 September 1710, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) - 22 October 1798, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy))
(Jean-Baptiste HALAY (HALLÉ) & Marie-Anne-Jeanne DRAPEAU)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Enoch HALE (28 November 1733, Rowley, Massachusetts, USA - 9 April 1813, Grafton, Vermont, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  photo of ancestor   Nathan HALE (6 June 1755, Coventry, Connecticut, USA - 22 September 1776, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Baxter HALL (1757, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA (North Uxbridge) - 1842, Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA (North Uxbridge))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John HALL (27 May 1723, Plainfield, Connecticut, USA (Moosup) (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - 6 August 1777, Castleton, Vermont, USA (Hydeville))
(Samuel HALL & Abigail FELLOWS)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Levi HALL (1758, Jefferson, Maine, USA - June 27, 1847, Washington, Maine, USA)
(James HALL I & Susannah BLACKSTONE)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John HALL I (September 12, 1744, Somersworth, New Hampshire, USA (Great Falls) - October 14, 1827, Nobleboro, Maine, USA (Nobleborough))
(James HALL I & Susannah BLACKSTONE)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Pierre HAMBLETON (AMBELLETON) (9 August 1745, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) - , )
(Edouard HAMBLETON & Marguerite DUREAU (DURAUX) dite POITEVIN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Job HAMBLIN (1736, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA (Cotuit) (Centerville) (Hyannis) - October 20, 1815, Lee, Massachusetts, USA)
(James HAMBLIN IV & Mary CROCKER)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jean Baptiste HAMELIN (10 August 1750, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) - 3 July 1829, Chazy, New York, USA (Sciota))
(Jacques HAMELIN & Marie-Barbe SOULIÈRES)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph HAMELIN (2 March 1734, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) - 22 July 1802, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade))
(Laurent HAMELIN & Madeleine GARIEPY)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  photo of ancestor   Alexander HAMILTON (11 January 1755, Charlestown, Nevis, British Leeward Islands - 12 July 1804, Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Abner HAMMOND (25 January 1762, Richmond, Virginia, USA - 9 July 1829, Milledgeville, Georgia, USA)
(Charles HAMMOND & Elizabeth STEELE)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Samuel HAMMOND (2 February 1748, Newton, Massachusetts, USA - 11 January 1842, Wardsboro, Vermont, USA (South, West) (Wardsboro Center))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  photo of ancestor   John HANCOCK (12 January 1737, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA - 8 October 1793, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
(John HANCOCK & Mary HAWKE)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Aaron HANKINSON (7 February1735, Matawan, New Jersey, USA - 9 October 1806, Stillwater Township, New Jersey, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John HANNUM (1744, Concord Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA - 7 February 1799, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joab HARRIMAN (4 July 1760, Gilmanton, New Hampshire, USA - 25 May 1834, Windsor, Maine, USA (Malta) (Gerry))
(Jaasiel HARRIMAN & Mary DAVIS)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Henry William HARRINGTON (12 May 1747, London, England - 31 March 1809, , North Carolina, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Theophilus HARRINGTON (HERRINGTON) (27 March 1762, Coventry, Rhode Island, USA (Washington) (Harris) - 17 November 1813, Clarendon, Vermont, USA (East, West, North) (Chippenhook) (Clarendon Springs))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Israel HARRIOTT (1743, , New Jersey, USA - 22 June 1836, White Plains, New York, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Noah HARRISON (19 March 1737, Branford, Connecticut, USA - 7 May 1823, Cornwall, Connecticut, USA)
(Daniel HARRISON & Hannah HOADLEY)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  David HART (22 November 1756, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA - 13 September 1845, Goshen, Connecticut, USA)
(Nathaniel HART & Alice HALL)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel HART (18 July 1735, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA - 12 January 1805, Durham, Connecticut, USA)
(Hawkins HART & Mary ELIOT)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John HASH (22 April 1724, Grayson, Virginia, USA - 13 April 1784, Grayson, Virginia, uSA)
(John HASHE & Ellender OSBORNE)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Roger HASKELL (1 April 1753, Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA (Gilbertville) - 8 April 1847, Peru, Massachusetts, USA)
(Zachariah HASKELL & Keziah GOSS)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph HATCH (13 May 1738, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck) - 4 November 1811, Norwich, Vermont, USA (Lewiston))
(John HATCH & Jerusha HERRICK)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Eli William Wilmot HAWKINS (16 November 1757, New Milford, Connecticut, USA - 12 September 1842, Pennfield Parish, Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Canada)
(Zadock HAWKINS & Lydia WILMOT)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Obadiah HAYES (14 June 1754, Simsbury, Connecticut, USA - 23 March 1817, Granby, Connecticut, USA (North Granby))
(Daniel HAYES & Abigail HAYES)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  William HAYES (5 April 1725, Simsbury, Connecticut, USA - 6 July 1777, Nassau, New York, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Lemuel HAYNES (18 July 1753, West Hartford, Connecticut, USA - 28 September 1833, South Granville, New York, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jean-François HAYOT (AYOTTE) (27 December 1724, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) - 3 December 1816, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere))
(Jean-François HAYOT (AYOTTE) & Marie ROUSSEAU)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Silas HAYS (HAYES) (28 February 1740, Simsbury, Connecticut, USA - 1 April 1801, Granby, Connecticut, USA (North Granby))
(Samuel HAYES & Elizabeth WILCOXSON)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  James HAYWARD (22 September 1744, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA - 8 January 1823, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA)
(Samuel HAYWARD & Sarah HAYNES)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ephraim HEALD (19 February 1711, Concord, Massachusetts, USA - 29 April 1802, Townsend, Massachusetts, USA (Townsend Harbor))
(John HEALD & Mary CHANDLER)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ephraim HEALD (29 September 1734, Townsend, Massachusetts, USA (Townsend Harbor) - 12 September 1815, Temple, New Hampshire, USA)
(Ephraim HEALD & Eleanor ROBBINS)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Lemuel HEALY (26 December 1759, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA - 11 September 1837, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA)
(Joseph HEALY & Mary WHITMORE)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel HEALY (9 December 1738, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA - 24 November 1817, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA)
(Joshua HEALY & Sarah DAVIS)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Nicolas HÉBERT dit LECOMTE (18 April 1715, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada - 13 April 1789, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada)
(Guillaume HÉBERT dit LECOMTE & Marie-Anne ROUSSIN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  female ancestor  Ann "Mad Ann" HENNIS (1742, Liverpool, England - 22 November 1825, Gallipolis, Ohio, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste HERBECQ (7 September 1735, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) - 16 May 1800, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly))
(Jean-Baptiste HERBECQ & Charlotte-Marguerite LÉCUYER dite LANEUVILLE)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Nicholas (Nikoulaus) HERKIMER (HERCHHEIMER) (1728, German Flatts, New York, USA - 16 August 1777, German Flatts, New York, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Johan Balthasar HETZLER (15 November 1728, Erbach, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany - 23 August 1818, Aaronsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA)
Boston Tea Party  photo of ancestor   George Robert Twelves HEWES (25 August 1742, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 5 November 1840, Richfield Springs, New York, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Henry HEWITT (7 June 1763, Stonington, Connecticut, USA (Pawcatuck) (Lords Point) - 8 November 1851, Tecumseh Lenawee County Michigan, USA)
(Walter HEWITT & Elizabeth DECTHIC (DETHICK))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John HEWLETT (HULET) (31 March 1756, Killingly, Connecticut, USA (Danielson) (Dayville) (East Killingly) (Attawaugan) (Ballouville) - 26 August 1842, Brunswick, Medina, Ohio, USA)
(John HEWLETT (HULET) & Sarah SEARLES)
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