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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  Israel CHAPIN (4 December 1740, Hatfield, Massachusetts, USA - 7 March 1795, Canandaigua, New York, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste CHARTIER (1732, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) - 22 January 1813, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada)
(Jacques CHARTIER & Marie-Madeleine BLANCHET)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Theodore CHARTIER (13 November 1734, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) - 13 January 1796, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie))
(John (Jean) CARTER (CHARTIER) & Marie COURTEMANCHE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph CHARTIER (CARTER) (21 August 1719, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* - , )
(John (Jean) CARTER (CHARTIER) & Marie COURTEMANCHE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jonathan CHASE (6 December 1732, Sutton, Massachusetts, USA - 12 January 1800, Cornish, New Hampshire, USA)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Thomas CHASE (10 April 1739, Edgartown, Massachusetts, USA - 17 May 1787, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
(Joseph CHASE & Lydia COFFIN)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Nathaniel William CHAUNCEY (12 September 1761, , Connecticut, USA - 29 January 1840, Durham, Connecticut, USA)
(Elnathan CHAUNCEY & Elizabeth WORTHINGTON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Thomas CHEEVER (20 February 1733, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA - 28 January 1823, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA)
(Thomas CHEEVER & Eunice IVORY)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John CHESTER (1749, - 1809, )
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Wentworth CHESWELL (11 April 1746, Newmarket, New Hampshire, USA (Rockingham Junction) - 8 March 1817, Newmarket, New Hampshire, USA (Rockingham Junction))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Levi CHILD (10 January 1746, Woodstock, Connecticut, USA - 1776, Woodstock, Connecticut, USA)
(Henry CHILD & Rebecca BACON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Julien CHOUINARD (22 November 1716, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) - 14 November 1791, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada)
(Jacques CHOUINARD & Louise JEAN)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  George CLAGHORN (17 July 1748, Chilmark, Massachusetts, USA (Menemsha) - 3 February 1824, Seekonk, Massachusetts, USA (North Seekonk))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Elisha CLARK (22 September 1752, Norwich, Connecticut, USA (Norwichtown) (Yantic) (Greeneville) (Occum) (Taftville) - 12 December 1838, Tinmouth, Vermont, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  George Rogers CLARK (19 November 1752, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA - 13 February 1818, Louisville, Kentucky, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  photo of ancestor   Moses CLEAVELAND (29 January 1754, Canterbury, Connecticut, USA - 16 November 1806, Canterbury, Connecticut, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  François-Noel CLOUTIER (11 August 1747, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) - 28 May 1820, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada)
(Gabriel CLOUTIER & Françoise TOUPIN)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph-Marie CLOUTIER (30 December 1752, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada - 23 July 1813, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City))
(Laurent CLOUTIER & Marie-Geneviève BOULET (BOULAY))

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Prisque CLOUTIER (17 April 1749, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) - 3 March 1789, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada)
(Louis CLOUTIER & Thérèse GOULET)

Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  John COCHRAN (24 June 1749, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 30 November 1839, Belfast, Maine, USA)
(Samuel COCHRAN & Margaret BOYD)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Charles COE (12 July 1760, Durham, Connecticut, USA - 11 March 1823, Durham, Connecticut, USA)
(Abel COE & Prudence ROSSITER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Elijah COE (1757, - 4 September 1833, Durham, Connecticut, USA)
(Abel COE & Prudence ROSSITER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Robert COE (24 March 1740, Torrington, Connecticut, USA - 1830, Unadilla, New York, USA)
(Jonathan COE & Elizabeth ELMER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Benjamin COLE (30 June 1750, Dutchess County, New York, USA - 25 October 1822, Hanover, Shelby, Indiana, USA)
(Ebenezer COLE & Mary WILSON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  David COLE (15 April 1749, Dutchess County, New York, USA - 29 September 1845, Kingsbury, New York, USA)
(Ebenezer COLE & Mary WILSON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ebenezer COLE (29 March 1712, Swansea, Massachusetts, USA (Ocean Grove) - 22 March 1794, Shaftsbury, Vermont, USA (South, Center))
(Benjamin COLE & Hannah EDDY)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jeremiah COLEGROVE (31 July 1758, Scituate, Rhode Island, USA (North Scituate) - 26 August 1836, )
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Gilbert COLESWORTHY (23 December 1744, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 1818, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA)
(Gilbert COLESWORTHY & Mary WALDO)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  William COLFAX (3 July 1756, New London, Connecticut, USA - 9 September 1838, , New Jersey, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Thomas COLLINS (1732, , Delaware, USA - 29 March 1789, Smyrna, Delaware, USA)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Adam COLLSON (3 August 1738, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 16 February 1798, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
(John COLSON (COLLSON) & Abigail BORDMAN)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Benjamin COLT (1738, Lyme, Connecticut, USA (East Saybrook) - 30 August 1781, Hadley, Massachusetts, USA)
(Benjamin COLT & Miriam HARRIS)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Benjamin COLTON (1 February 1722, Agawam, Massachusetts, USA (Feeding Hills) - 20 June 1808, Longmeadow, Massachusetts, USA)
(Benjamin COLTON & Elizabeth PYNCHON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph COLTON (25 January 1744, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard) - 5 June 1818, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA)
(Benjamin COLTON & Abiah COOLEY)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Philip COLVIN (11 April 1758, , Rhode Island, USA - 19 April 1832, Abington Township, Pennsylvania, USA)
(Joseph COLVIN & Anstis AYLESWORTH)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jason COMSTOCK (1 January 1766, New London, Connecticut, USA - 15 February 1801, South Burlington, Vermont, USA)
(Thomas COMSTOCK & Sarah COMSTOCK)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Thomas COMSTOCK (3 June 1739, New London, Connecticut, USA - 16 August 1777, Hoosick, Albany, New York, USA)
(Peter COMSTOCK & Martha AVERY)

Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  James Foster CONDY (CODNEY) (1750, - 12 July 1809, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA (Ayers Village))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Daniel CONE (7 July 1759, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA (Goodspeed's Landing) (Moodus) (Leesville) (Hadlyme) - 28 June 1842, Peru, Massachusetts, USA)
(Nathaniel CONE & Mary GRAVES)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John Sr. CONE (26 May 1746, Bolton, Connecticut, USA - 5 October 1777, Hebron, Connecticut, USA (Turnerville))
(Stephen CONE & Susannah CLARK)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  James CONGDON (28 March 1741, North Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (North Kingston) (Wickford) (Davisville) (Saunderstown) (Allenton) - 16 February 1829, Wallingford, Vermont, USA (East, South))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  David CONGER (7 September 1760, Rockaway, New Jersey, USA (Mount Hope) - 20 January 1807, Rockaway, New Jersey, USA (Mount Hope))
(John CONGER & Sarah TUTTLE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Amos COOK (5 December 1734, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA - July 1813, , New York, USA)
(Isaac COOK & Jerusha SEXTON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph Platt COOKE (4 January 1730, Stratford, Connecticut, USA (Putney) - 3 February 1816, )
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Daniel COOLIDGE (23 October 1741, Weston, Massachusetts, USA - 23 February 1822, Rome, New York, USA)
(Josiah COOLIDGE & Deliverance WARREN)

Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Joseph COOLIDGE (18 June 1730, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA - 19 April 1775, Concord, Massachusetts, USA)
(Simon COOLIDGE & Abiah SANDERSON)

Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Simon (Samuel) COOLIDGE (28 December 1741, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA - 22 August 1821, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA)
(Simon COOLIDGE & Abiah SANDERSON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Enoch COOPER (17 September 1739, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard) - 2 April 1814, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA)
(Lamberton COOPER & Kezia LEONARD)

Boston Tea Party  photo of ancestor   Samuel COOPER (13 June 1757, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 19 August 1840, Alexandria, Virginia, USA)
(John COOPER & Unknown UNKNOWN)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Elisha CORBIN (30 June 1713, Woodstock, Connecticut, USA - 4 August 1797, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA)
(James CORBIN & Hannah EASTMAN)

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