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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  Lemuel CORBIN (19 February 1740, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA - 7 May 1825, Dudley, Massachusetts, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Peter CORBIN (28 July 1733, Ashford, Connecticut, USA - 20 March 1805, Colebrook, Connecticut, USA)
(Thomas CORBIN & Sarah EASTMAN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ezekiel CORNELL (27 March 1733, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) - 25 April 1800, Milford, Massachusetts, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jean-Baptiste CORNELLIER dit GRANDCHAMP (5 August 1739, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada - 20 December 1804, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada)
(Pierre-Jean CORNELLIER dit GRANDCHAMPS & Marie-Anne LEHOUX)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jacques CORRIVEAU (1 August 1718, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada - 2 April 1812, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier))
(Étienne CORRIVEAU & Jeanne RABOUIN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph CORRIVEAU (1732, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) - 24 July 1794, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada)
(Jacques CORRIVEAU & Marie BUTEAU)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  William CORWIN (21 February 1744, Southold, New York, USA (Mattituck) - 18 December 1818, Chester, Morris, New Jersey, USA)
(John CORWIN & Elizabeth GOLDSMITH)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  François COTE (8 October 1713, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada - 30 April 1799, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada)
(Joseph COTE & Thérèse HUOT)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Asa COTTRELL (November 1746, Stonington, Connecticut, USA (Pawcatuck) (Lords Point) - 15 June 1833, Worthington, Massachusetts, USA)
(Nicholas COTTRELL & Rebecca RANDALL)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Nicholas COTTRELL (22 September 1754, , Massachusetts, USA - 19 June 1842, Worthington, Massachusetts, USA)
(Nicholas COTTRELL & Rebecca RANDALL)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel COUCH (28 August 1758, Redding, Connecticut, USA - 16 April 1813, Lee, Massachusetts, USA)
(John COUCH & Sarah HEARD)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Stephen COUCH (17 January 1753, Redding, Connecticut, USA - 9 August 1833, Lee, Massachusetts, USA)
(John COUCH & Sarah HEARD)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Protais-Augustin COUTURE (19 June 1753, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) - , )
(Augustin COUTURE & Marie-Françoise BOURASSA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel COWLES (16 May 1692, Farmington, Connecticut, USA (Unionville) - 9 July 1777, Farmington, Connecticut, USA (Unionville))
(Samuel COWLES & Rachel PORTER)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel COWLES (30 July 1735, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA - 29 October 1815, Colebrook, Connecticut, USA)
(Samuel COWLES & Martha BROOKS)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph CRAFT (8 March 1732, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA (Abington) - May 1777, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA (Abington))
(Joseph CRAFT & Susannah WARNER)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  photo of ancestor   Ebenezer CRAFTS (22 September 1740, Pomfret, Connecticut, USA (Abington) - 24 May 1810, Craftsbury, Vermont, USA (Mill Village) (North, East) (Craftsbury Common))
(Joseph CRAFT & Susannah WARNER)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Thomas CRAFTS (13 July 1740, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 14 January 1799, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
(Thomas CRAFTS & Anne WHITE)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Elijah CRANE (29 August 1754, Milton, Massachusetts, USA - 21 February 1834, Canton, Massachusetts, USA)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  John CRANE (7 December 1744, Braintree, Massachusetts, USA - 21 August 1805, Whiting, Maine, USA (Orangetown))
(Abijah Berah CRANE & Sarah BEVERLY)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Antoine CREVIER dit BELLERIVE (1 May 1716, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) - 11 September 1786, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine))
(Michel CREVIER dit BELLERIVE & Marie-Angélique MASSÉ)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John CROSBY (24 August 1735, Harwich, Massachusetts, USA (N., S., E., W.) (Harwichport) (Pleasant Lake) - 22 August 1820, Lee, Massachusetts, USA)
(John CROSBY & Mary FREEMAN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Josiah CROSBY (24 November 1730, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA (North Billerica) - 15 October 1793, Amherst, New Hampshire, USA)
(Josiah CROSBY & Elizabeth FRENCH)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Stephen CROSBY (5 January 1734, Killingly, Connecticut, USA (Danielson) (Dayville) (East Killingly) (Attawaugan) (Ballouville) - 15 September 1776, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville))
(Nathaniel CROSBY & Hepzibah PEARSON)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Asahel CROSSMAN (15 May 1756, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton) - 30 January 1837, Foster, Rhode Island, USA (North Foster))
(Benjamin CROSSMAN & Bethiah HASKINS)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  female ancestor  Prudence "Pru" CUMMINGS (26 November 1740, Dunstable, Massachusetts, USA - 2 December 1824, )
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ethan CURTIS (3 December 1753, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA - 29 October 1815, Burlington, Connecticut, USA)
(Joshua CURTIS & Sarah SALTER)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Gideon CURTIS (18 January 1751, Simsbury, Connecticut, USA - 8 June 1789, Simsbury, Connecticut, USA)
(Peter CURTIS & Chestina PARKER)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Obadiah CURTIS (2 August 1724, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA* - 8 November 1811, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
(Samuel CURTIS & Hannah GORE)
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American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John DAGWORTHY (1721, Trenton, New Jersey, USA - 1784, , Delaware, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel DAKIN (17 May 1731, Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA - 23 January 1807, Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA)
(Samuel DAKIN & Mercy MINOT)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Pierre DANEAU (DANIAU) dit LAPRISE (11 September 1744, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada - 2 December 1821, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon))
(Francois DANIAU dit LAPRISE & Marie-Francoise ROUSSEAU)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Eliphalet DANIELS (13 September 1713, Durham, New Hampshire, USA (Oyster River) - July 1799, Durham, New Hampshire, USA (Oyster River))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Timothy DANIELSON (6 December 1733, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville) - 19 September 1791, Brimfield, Massachusetts, USA (East) (Parksville) (Fentonville))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel DARBY (DERBY) (8 September 1757, Concord, Massachusetts, USA - 13 March 1839, Dublin, New Hampshire, USA)
(Joseph DARBY & Silence HUBBARD)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel DARLING (9 January 1719, Bellingham, Massachusetts, USA - 12 June 1814, Bellingham, Massachusetts, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Charles DAVENPORT (5 March 1730, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset) - 24 April 1805, Dummerston, Vermont, USA)
(Charles DAVENPORT & Jemima TOLMAN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  William Lee DAVIDSON (1746, , Pennsylvania, USA - 1 February 1781, , North Carolina, USA)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Amasa DAVIS (17 April 1744, Woodstock, Connecticut, USA - 31 January 1825, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
(Joshua DAVIS & Sarah PIERPONT)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Amos DAVIS (1745, - 20 August 1798, Durham, Connecticut, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Daniel DAVIS (1 February 1718, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA* - 24 June 1786, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville))
(Samuel DAVIS & Mary CHAMBERLAIN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Hezekiah DAVIS (30 September 1750, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA* - 4 October 1776, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville))
(Daniel DAVIS & Tamar TOWNE)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Isaac DAVIS (23 February 1745, Acton, Massachusetts, USA (Nagog Woods) (South Acton) - 19 April 1775, Concord, Massachusetts, USA)
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Robert DAVIS (1747, Woodstock, Connecticut, USA - 8 November 1798, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
(Joshua DAVIS & Sarah PIERPONT)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Thomas DAWES (5 August 1731, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 2 January 1809, )
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  William DAWES (6 April 1745, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 25 February 1799, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA (Marlboro))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Benjamin DAY (27 October 1710, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard) - 10 May 1808, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA)
(John DAY & Marah "Mary" SMITH)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Daniel DAY (8 July 1749, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 19 August 1825, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA)
(Benjamin DAY & Eunice MORGAN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  photo of ancestor   Heman DAY (27 December 1755, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 9 January 1837, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA)
(Benjamin DAY & Eunice MORGAN)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Isaac DAY (15 November 1750, Colchester, Connecticut, USA (Westchester) - 15 September 1779, Torrington, Connecticut, USA)
(Isaac DAY & Anna FOOTE)
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