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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  Josiah BREWER (17 August 1744, Tyringham, Massachusetts, USA - 12 June 1830, Tyringham, Massachusetts, USA)
(John BREWER & Hannah MERRIAM)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Richard BRIGGS (1753, Mansfield, Massachusetts, USA - 11 April 1835, Worthington, Massachusetts, USA)
(Richard BRIGGS & Mercy COBB)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Sweet BRIGGS (1757, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (North Kingston) (Wickford) (Davisville) (Saunderstown) (Allenton) - 23 October 1850, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (Kingston) (West Kingston) (Matunuck) (Peace Dale) (Wakefield))
(Ebenezer BRIGGS & Eleanor SWEET)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Paul BRIGHAM (January 1746, Coventry, Connecticut, USA - 15 June 1824, Norwich, Vermont, USA (Lewiston))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Noel-Augustin BRISSON (16 December 1734, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada - 30 May 1809, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada)
(Pierre BRISSON & Catherine COURTEAU)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jonathan BRITTON (31 December 1760, - 26 November 1844, Otisfield, Maine, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Isaac BRONSON (27 March 1707, Middlebury, Connecticut, USA - 7 December 1799, , Connecticut, USA)
(Isaac BRONSON & Mary MORGAN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Luke BROOKS (10 August 1731, Concord, Massachusetts, USA - 17 January 1817, )
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Elias BROWN (24 February 1744, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck) - 15 September 1806, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck))
(John BROWN (BROWNE) & Amie (Ame) FELLOWS)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John BROWN (19 October 1744, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA (Ayers Village) - 19 October 1780, , New York, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Josiah BROWN (13 January 1757, Hebron, Connecticut, USA (Turnerville) - 19 March 1830, Coventry, Connecticut, USA)
(John Buswell BROWN & Ruth FOX)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Roger BROWN (1749, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA (South Framingham) - 6 March 1840, )
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Seth Ingersoll BROWNE (8 July 1750, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - 9 March 1809, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA*)
(William BROWNE & Mary BAILEY)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  George BROWNELL (9 December 1746, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) - , Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram))
(Thomas BROWNELL & Hannah POTTER)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Thomas BRUSH (1715, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, USA - 1 November 1802, New Fairfield, Connecticut, USA)
(Richard BRUSH & Deborah WOOD)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John BRYAN (24 February 1754, Milford, Connecticut, USA - 11 December 1840, Orange, Connecticut, USA)
(Richard BRYAN & Sarah FOWLER)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  William BRYAN (23 October 1724, Bertie Precinct, North Carolina, USA - 28 November 1781, Johnston County, North Carolina, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Josiah BUCK (25 January 1756, New Milford, Connecticut, USA - 14 July 1813, Sherman, Connecticut, USA)
(James BUCK & Elizabeth SHERMAN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John BUCKINGHAM (27 September 1744, Milford, Connecticut, USA - 14 February 1809, Milford, Connecticut, USA)
(John BUCKINGHAM & Keziah CLARK)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Gordon BUELL (21 February 1752, Killingworth, Connecticut, USA - 24 March 1819, Newport, New Hampshire, USA (Guild))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph BUELL (29 May 1749, Hebron, Connecticut, USA (Turnerville) - 24 January 1828, Colchester, Connecticut, USA (Westchester))
(Timothy BUELL & Hannah BRADFORD)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Shubel BULLOCK (11 February 1746, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA - 1807, , New York, USA)
(Seth BULLOCK & Experience SALISBURY)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Stephen BULLOCK (10 October 1735, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA - 2 February 1816, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Hans Jacob BUMGARDNER (8 February 1767, , Virginia, USA - 25 August 1857, Back Creek, Augusta, Virginia, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Abijah BURBANK (26 March 1736, Bradford, Massachusetts, USA* - 24 September 1813, Millbury, Massachusetts, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Asa W BURNHAM (28 August 1753, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) - 1 January 1846, Ledyard, New York, USA (Aurora))
(Eleazer (Eleazar) BURNHAM & Mary NORMAN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Benjamin BURT (29 December 1741, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA (Branchville) - 10 August 1785, Burton, New Brunswick, Canada)
(Seaborn BURT & Susannah LOBDELL)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Benjamin BURTON (9 December 1749, Thomaston, Maine, USA - 24 May 1835, Warren, Maine, USA)
(Benjamin BURTON & Alice LEWIS)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John BUTTRICK (20 July 1731, - 16 May 1791, Concord, Massachusetts, USA)
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American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John CADWALADER (10 January 1742, Trenton, New Jersey, USA - 10 February 1786, , Maryland, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Israel CAMP (16 February 1724, Durham, Connecticut, USA - 6 May 1778, Durham, Connecticut, USA)
(John CAMP & Phoebe CANFIELD)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel CAMP (11 November 1735, Durham, Connecticut, USA - 30 November 1810, Durham, Connecticut, USA)
(John CAMP & Hannah HICKOX)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  William CAMPBELL (1745, , Virginia, USA - 22 August 1781, Hanover County, Virginia, USA)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Nicholas CAMPBELL (CAMBELL) (24 December 1732, Zebbug, Gozo and Comino, Malta - 21 July 1829, Warren, Rhode Island, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Pierre-Laurent CARON (9 August 1736, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada - 13 February 1808, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada)
(Louis CARON & Marie-Geneviève LEMIEUX)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Benjamin CARPENTER (17 May 1725, Swansea, Massachusetts, USA (Ocean Grove) - 29 March 1804, Guilford, Vermont, USA (Center, West) (Algiers) (Green River))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Thomas CARPENTER (24 October 1733, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA - 7 September 1785, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ignace CARRIER (1738, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) - 4 May 1802, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy))
(Joseph CARRIER & Marie-Louise GOSSELIN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Louis CARRIER (8 July 1732, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) - 11 January 1813, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada )
(Jean CARRIER & Marie-Louise MORIN dite BEAUSEJOUR)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Pierre-Modeste CARTIER (12 December 1739 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada - 1780, )
(Guillaume-Louis CARTIER & Marie-Claude GAMELIN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Richard CASWELL (3 August 1729, Baltimore, Maryland, USA - 10 November 1789, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  William CASWELL (24 September 1754, , North Carolina, USA - 6 January 1785, Kinston, North Carolina, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Bradley CATLIN (12 October 1758, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA (Bantam) (Northfield) - 1 November 1821, Cornwall, Connecticut, USA)
(Isaac CATLIN & Desire BRADLEY)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Rene CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE (25 September 1720, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada - 28 February 1799, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada)
(René CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE & Jeanne DUBEAU)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Antoine CHABOT (7 February 1715, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada - 10 October 1793, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada)
(Jean CHABOT & Eleonore HENAULT (ENAUD))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Francois CHABOT (27 March 1704, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada - 22 April 1785, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada)
(Michel CHABOT & Angélique PLANTE)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph Pierre CHABOT (12 April 1744, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont) - 13 May 1791 , Vincennes, Indiana, USA)
(Pierre CHABOT & Cecile JOUANNE)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Reuben CHAMPION (4 September 1727, Lyme, Connecticut, USA (East Saybrook) - 29 March 1777, Fort Ticonderoga, Essex, New York, USA)
(Stephen CHAMPION & Deborah BROCKWAY)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Reuben CHAMPION (30 July 1760, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA (Saybrook Colony) - 26 May 1832, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA)
(Reuben CHAMPION & Lydia DUNCAN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Charles CHANDONNET (3 April 1718, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) - 24 May 1792, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly))
(Charles CHANDONNET dit LÉVEILLÉ & Elisabeth BOURGET)
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