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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  Jabez HUNTINGTON (7 August 1719, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) - 5 October 1786, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville))
(Joshua HUNTINGTON & Hannah PERKINS)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel HUNTINGTON (3 June 1759, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) - 7 December 1823, Greensboro, Vermont, USA (Greensborough) (Greensboro Bend))
(Nathan HUNTINGTON & Amie BROWN (BROWNE))

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  William HUNTINGTON (20 August 1732, Lebanon, Connecticut, USA - 31 May 1816, Lebanon, Connecticut, USA)
(Samuel HUNTINGTON & Hannah METCALF)

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Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Daniel INGERSOLL (21 April 1750, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA* - 17 October 1829, Keene, New Hampshire, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  James IRVINE (4 August 1735, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - 28 April 1819, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
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American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ebenezer JACKSON (14 April 1750, Sharon, Connecticut, USA - 12 May 1801, Cornwall, Connecticut, USA)
(Ebenezer JACKSON & Abigail TYLER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Giles JACKSON (27 January 1733, Weston, Massachusetts, USA - 4 May 1810, Tyringham, Massachusetts, USA)
(John JACKSON & Mercy CHADWICK)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Louis JEAN dit VIENS (21 August 1716, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont) - 29 January 1808, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont))
(Pierre JEAN dit VIENS & Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE))

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  George JENKS (26 November 1757, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA - 25 May 1825, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA)
(John JENKS & Amey BALLOU)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Amos JOHNSON (25 January 1732, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville) - 5 March 1805, Cornwall, Connecticut, USA)
(Amos JOHNSON & Amy (Ame) PALMER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Isaac JOHNSON (12 April 1713, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA (Marlboro) - 16 February 1801, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA )
(William JOHNSON & Hannah RIDER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Thomas JOHNSON (4 November 1732, , Maryland, USA - 26 October 1819, Frederick, Maryland, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Timothy JOHNSON (11 May 1762, Cornwall, Connecticut, USA - 4 July 1830, Cornwall, Connecticut, USA)
(Amos JOHNSON & Elizabeth PIERCE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Allen JONES (24 December 1739, , North Carolina, USA - 10 November 1798, , North Carolina, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Anthony JONES (8 June 1723, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA (South Framingham) - 8 April 1782, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA)
(John JONES & Elizabeth SIMPSON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Pierre JOURDAIN (4 June 1750, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) - 20 August 1834, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon))
(Joseph JOURDAIN & Marie-Thérèse BOUCHER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Timothy JUDD (16 August 1720, , Connecticut, USA - 29 April 1785, Otis, Massachusetts, USA)
(Jonathan JUDD & Hannah DIGGENS)

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American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John KEEP (29 September 1753, Westford, Massachusetts, USA - 25 October 1838, Lee, Massachusetts, USA)
(Jabez KEEP & Experience LAWRENCE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  James KELTON (16 February 1750, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA - 26 January 1831, Warwick, Massachusetts, USA)
(Enoch KELTON & Althea HICKS (HIX))

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  James KENAN (23 September 1740, Turkey, North Carolina, USA - 23 May 1810, Turkey, North Carolina, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Oliver KENYON (1 June 1754, Richmond, Rhode Island, USA - , )
(Thomas KENYON & Katherine (Catherine) NYE (NEY))

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Robert KENYON (10 January 1735, Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA (Quonochontaug) - 2 October 1805, Greenwich, New York, USA)
(David KENYON & Mary SANFORD)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  David KERR (14 July 1750, Camden, New Jersey, USA - 3 May 1826, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Rufus KING (25 March 1755, Scarborough, Maine, USA (Scarboro) - 29 April 1827, Jamaica, New York, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Aaron KINNE (24 September 1744, Lisbon, Connecticut, USA - 14 July 1824, Winchester, Connecticut, USA (Winsted))
(Moses KINNE & Abigail READ (REED))

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jeremiah KINNE (30 August 1702, Salem, Massachusetts, USA - 24 June 1798, Voluntown, Connecticut, USA)
(Thomas KINNE & Martha COX)

Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  David KINNISON (KENNISON) (17 November 1736, Old Kingston, Maine, USA - 25 February 1851, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel KNIGHT (10 February 1731, Woburn, Massachusetts, USA - 23 July 1804, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  photo of ancestor   Thomas KNOWLTON (22 November 1740, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA - 16 September 1776, Harlom Heights Island, New York, USA)
(William KNOWLTON & Martha PINDER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  photo of ancestor   Henry KNOX (25 July 1750, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 25 October 1806, Thomaston, Maine, USA)
(William KNOX & Mary CAMPBELL)

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American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste LABBE (15 November 1735, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada - 1 March 1812, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada)
(Jean LABBE & Marie LEPAGE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph LABBE (April 20, 1751, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) - February 24, 1835, Saint-Pascal, Quebec, Canada)
(Jean-Francois LABBE & Marie-Josephe GAULIN (GOLIN))

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John LACEY (4 February 1755, , Pennsylvania, USA - 17 February 1814, )
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Augustin LACROIX (28 April 1726, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre) - 25 August 1786, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre))
(Augustin LACROIX & Jeanne PARÉ)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste LAFLAMME dit QUEMENEUR (31 March 1743, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier) - 16 July 1798, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada)
(Joseph QUEMENEUR dit LAFLAMME & Angélique PEPIN dite LACHANCE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Pierre-Simon LAFOND (11 December 1753, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) - September 1795, )
(Claude LAFOND & Marie-Anne GEOFFROIN)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste LAJEUNESSE (31 January 1738, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil) - 14 November 1819, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil))
(Jean-Baptiste LAJEUNESSE & Marie-Josephte HAREL)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Prudent LAJEUNESSE (17 February 1750, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil) - 20 June 1836, Plattsburgh, New York, USA)
(Jean-Baptiste LAJEUNESSE & Marie-Josephte HAREL)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Antoine LAMARRE (14 December 1745, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) - 10 June 1792, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire))
(Antoine LAMARRE & Genevieve BOILARD)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Louis-Joseph LAMBERT (5 January 1725, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) - , )
(Louis-Joseph LAMBERT & Geneviève-Françoise ROUER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Henry LANDIS (15 September 1750, Bucks, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA - 4 October 1834, Union City, Union, Indiana, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Rufus LANDON (4 February 1759, Salisbury, Connecticut, USA (Lakeville) - 17 January 1848, Canaan, Connecticut, USA (Falls Village))
(John LANDON & Katherine (Catherine) WHITE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  James LANE (8 March 1725, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA (North Billerica) - 4 January 1799, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA)
(James LANE & Martha MINOT)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel LANE (11 July 1737, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA - 26 June 1802, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA)
(James LANE & Martha MINOT)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John LANGDON (26 June 1741, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA (Strawbery Banke) - 18 September 1819, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA (Strawbery Banke))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Gabriel LANGLOIS (16 April 1747, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada - 25 February 1793, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada)
(Louis LANGLOIS & Ursule COTE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  François LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY (22 March 1726, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy) - 5 January 1778, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy))
(Jean LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY & Marie-Madeleine BISSON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY (23 February 1728, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada - 1796, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada)
(Noel LANGLOIS dit TRAVERSY & Marie-Françoise NIQUET)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph LARIOU dit LAFONTAINE (30 March 1723, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) - 13 October 1796, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier))
(Jean-François LARIOU dit LAFONTAINE & Catherine VIEL)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph LASAGE dit DUFOUR (LAFARGE) (1751, , France - 6 July 1825 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur))
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