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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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Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  John HICKS (23 May 1725, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - 19 April 1775, Arlington, Massachusetts, USA (West Cambridge))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel HILDRETH (1750, Townsend, Massachusetts, USA (Townsend Harbor) - 6 August 1823, Belpre, Ohio, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  photo of ancestor   James HILLHOUSE (20 October 1754, Montville, Connecticut, USA (Chesterfield) (Mohegan) (Oakdale) (Uncasville) - 29 December 1832, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville))
(William HILLHOUSE & Sarah GRISWOLD)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Levi HILLIARD (11 December 1744, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) - 15 October 1776, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck))
(Joseph HILLIARD & Freelove MINOR)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel HINCKLEY (22 December 1757, Brookfield, Massachusetts, USA (Podunk) - 15 June 1840, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA (Florence))
(Samuel HINCKLEY & Abigail WELSH)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Benjamin HINE (9 October 1719, Milford, Connecticut, USA - 5 November 1800, Middlebury, Connecticut, USA)
(John HINE & Elizabeth BALDWIN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John HINE (8 September 1750, Milford, Connecticut, USA - 13 May 1837, Orange, Connecticut, USA)
(John HINE & Sarah SANFORD)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Noble HINE (12 August 1744, New Milford, Connecticut, USA - 15 October 1796, New Milford, Connecticut, USA)
(James HINE & Margaret NOBLE)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Thomas HISCOCK (25 October 1753, Nobleboro, Maine, USA (Nobleborough) - 24 May 1827 , Farmington, Maine, USA)
(Richard HISCOCK & Martha ROLLINS)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Samuel HOBBS (1750, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale) - , )
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joab HOISINGTON (19 September 1736, Farmington, Connecticut, USA (Unionville) - 28 February 1777, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John HOLBROOK (12 August 1726, Derby, Connecticut, USA - 28 January 1801, Seymour, Connecticut, USA (Humphreysville))
(John HOLBROOK & Abigail GUNN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Nathaniel HOLBROOK (1 October 1758, Derby, Connecticut, USA - 28 May 1828, Seymour, Connecticut, USA (Humphreysville))
(John HOLBROOK & Esther NICHOLS)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Thomas HOLDEN (7 June 1741, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Hillsgrove) (Pontiac) (Apponaug) (Warwick Neck) (Nausauket) - 12 February 1823, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA (Hillsgrove) (Pontiac) (Apponaug) (Warwick Neck) (Nausauket))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Thomas HOLMAN (13 January 1743, Sutton, Massachusetts, USA - 1812, Union, Connecticut, USA)
(Thomas HOLMAN & Deborah HUNTINGTON)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Adam HOLMES (1720, New Braintree, Massachusetts, USA - June 4, 1789, New Braintree, Massachusetts, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph HOLMES (1758, Dutchess County, New York, USA - 1 September 1826, Winchester, Connecticut, USA (Winsted))
(Nicholas HOLMES & Phebe TITUS)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Mordecai HOMAN (14 October 1733, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, USA - 27 December 1777, Brookhaven, New York, USA (Patchogue) (Port Jefferson) (Setauket))
(Mordecai HOMAN & Abigail EDWARDS)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  James William Talcott HOOKER (15 August 1742, Hartford, Connecticut, USA - 10 December 1805, Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Poquonock))
(Nathaniel HOOKER & Eunice Howell TALCOTT)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  John HOOTON (4 September 1754, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 15 September 1844, )
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Josiah HOPKINS (28 July 1754, Harwich, Massachusetts, USA (N., S., E., W.) (Harwichport) (Pleasant Lake) - 26 October 1824, Cornwall, Connecticut, USA)
(Sylvanus HOPKINS & Ruth BERRY)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Roswell HOPKINS (17 May 1757, Amenia, New York, USA - 5 September 1829, Chazy, New York, USA (Sciota))
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Elisha HORTON (11 February 1757, Milton, Massachusetts, USA - 29 November 1837, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA (Bantam) (Northfield))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ezra HORTON (25 December 1733, Southold, New York, USA (Mattituck) - 17 January 1789, Union, Connecticut, USA)
(James HORTON & Anna GOLDSMITH)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ezra HORTON (12 April 1761, Union, Connecticut, USA - 31 May 1848, Union, Connecticut, USA)
(Ezra HORTON & Mary HEMPSTEAD)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Isaiah HOSKINSON (27 December 1749, Rock Creek Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland, USA - 25 August 1836, Licking, Ohio, USA)
(Thomas HOSKINSON & Ann BEALL?)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Isaac HOTCHKISS (1758, Bethany, Connecticut, USA - 1 May 1828, Woodbridge, Connecticut, USA (Amity))
(Isaac HOTCHKISS & Anna TERRILL)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph HOTCHKISS (31 July 1756, East Haven, Connecticut, USA - 1 May 1823, East Haven, Connecticut, USA)
(Joseph HOTCHKISS & Esther RUSSELL)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Stephen HOTCHKISS (15 July 1754, Cheshire, Connecticut, USA - 13 February 1802, Burlington, Connecticut, USA)
(Stephen HOTCHKISS & Thankful COOK)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Samuel HOWARD (HAYWARD) (1752, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA - 1797, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Cyprian HOWE (29 March 1726, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA (Marlboro) - 1806, )
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Edward Compton HOWE (1742, - September 1821, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Isaac HOWE (27 January 1735, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA (Marlboro) - 16 October 1800, New Ipswich, New Hampshire, USA)
(Jonathan HOWE & Sarah HAPGOOD)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Robert HOYT (6 May 1753, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA - 17 October 1843, New Braintree, Massachusetts, USA)
(Benjamin Godfrey HOYT & Susanna UNKNOWN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Nicolas HUDON dit BEAULIEU (16 December 1723, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) - 21 August 1801, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse))
(Nicolas HUDON dit BEAULIEU & Madeleine BOUCHARD)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph HULL (29 April 1716, Durham, Connecticut, USA - 14 July 1786, Durham, Connecticut, USA)
(Cornelius HULL & Mehitable GRAVES)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Reuben HUMPHREY (2 September 1757, Simsbury, Connecticut, USA - 12 August 1831, , New York, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Solomon HUMPHREY (2 August 1752, Simsbury, Connecticut, USA - 24 December 1834, Barkhamsted, Connecticut, USA (Riverton))
(Solomon HUMPHREY & Naomi HIGLEY)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Theophilus HUMPHREY (1744, Canton, Connecticut, USA (Collinsville) - 7 March 1826, Canton, Connecticut, USA (Collinsville))
(Samuel HUMPHREY & Mary WILCOX)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ezra HUNGERFORD (8 February 1761, Sherman, Connecticut, USA - 1 September 1832, Sherman, Connecticut, USA)
(Samuel HUNGERFORD & Mary GRAVES)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Jonathan HUNNEWELL (19 May 1759, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 3 April 1842, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Richard HUNNEWELL (10 June 1713, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA* - 1 November 1788, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Richard, Jr. HUNNEWELL (21 March 1745, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA* - , )
(Richard HUNNEWELL & Mary KIDDER)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Thomas HUNSTABLE (1753, - , )
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Abraham HUNT (2 June 1748, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA - 5 December 1793, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Elijah HUNTER (4 August 1749, New Castle, New York, USA - 22 December 1815, Ossining, New York, USA (Sing Sing))
(Hugh HUNTER & Unknown UNKNOWN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Amos HUNTINGTON (4 September 1739, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) - 2 July 1822, Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA (South, Center))
(Matthew HUNTINGTON & Lydia LEONARD)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Andrew HUNTINGTON (11 November 1761, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) - 1 January 1844, Pittsford, Monroe, New York, USA)
(Jeremiah HUNTINGTON & Hannah WATROUS)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Christopher HUNTINGTON (24 May 1759, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) - , )
(Jeremiah HUNTINGTON & Hannah WATROUS)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Hiram HUNTINGTON (24 August 1758, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) - 8 May 1835, Chelsea, Vermont, USA)
(Theophilus HUNTINGTON & Lois GIFFORD)
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