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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  Samuel ELBERT (1740, Savannah, Georgia, USA - 1 November 1788, Savannah, Georgia, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph ELLIOTT (2 February 1729, Middleton, Massachusetts, USA - 12 August 1775, Thompson, Connecticut, USA (North Grosvenordale) (Quinebaug) (Fabyan) (Mechanicsville))
(Thomas ELLIOTT & Lucy FLINT)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John ELLIS (25 August 1735, Wareham, Massachusetts, USA (Onset) (West Wareham) (Weweantic) - 6 March 1803, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville))
(John ELLIS & Rose JENNINGS)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Justin ELY (10 August 1739, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA - 26 June 1817, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA)
(John ELY & Eunice COLTON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jean-Marie EMOND (15 December 1734, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada - 10 November 1800, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean))
(Francois EMOND & Francoise ASSELIN)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Louis EMOND (24 April 1732, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada - 13 March 1799, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean))
(Francois EMOND & Francoise ASSELIN)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Prince ESTABROOK (1741, - 1830, Ashby, Massachusetts, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Daniel ESTEY (4 May 1739, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA - 23 July 1830, Topsfield, Massachusetts, USA)
(Aaron ESTEY & Esther RICHARDS)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Daniel EVEREST (16 April 1752, Cornwall, Connecticut, USA - 2 July 1825, Cornwall, Connecticut, USA)
(Daniel EVEREST & Lydia MOSS)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Josiah EVERITT (27 February 1749, Bethlehem, Connecticut, USA (Bethlem) - 5 February 1829, Winchester, Connecticut, USA (Winsted))
(Josiah EVERITT & Hannah Noble HIMNAN)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  James EWING (3 August 1736, , Pennsylvania, USA - 1 March 1806, York, Pennsylvania, USA (Yorktown))
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American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  James FARNSWORTH (2 December 1727, Groton, Massachusetts, USA - 16 March 1800, Fairfax, Vermont, USA)
(Josiah FARNSWORTH & Mary PIERCE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ebenezer FARR (18 August 1750, Stow, Massachusetts, USA - 15 February 1833, Littleton, New Hampshire, USA (Chiswick))
(Samuel Benjamin FARR & Rebecca Abigail BYLES)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John FASSETT (23 June 1743, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA - 2 April 1803, Cambridge, Vermont, USA (Jeffersonville))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  David FAY (13 December 1761, Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA (Gilbertville) - 5 June 1827, Bennington, Vermont, USA (North Bennington))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Jonas FAY (17 January 1737, Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA (Gilbertville) - 6 March 1818, Bennington, Vermont, USA (North Bennington))
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Hans Christian FEBIGER (FIBIGER) (19 October 1749, Faaborg, Funen, Denmark - 20 September 1796, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Amos FELLOWS (21 April 1729, Plainfield, Connecticut, USA (Moosup) (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - 16 February 1777, Queens, New York, USA)
(Isaac Varney FELLOWS & Abigail HUTCHENS)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ezra FELLOWS (9 April 1730, Plainfield, Connecticut, USA (Moosup) (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - 7 July 1805, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
(John FELLOWS & Jerusha DOUGLAS)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  John FELLOWS (7 July 1735, Plainfield, Connecticut, USA (Moosup) (Wauregan) (Central Village) (Almyville) (Packerville) - 1 August 1808, Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA)
(John FELLOWS & Jerusha DOUGLAS)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Hercules Archelaus FERNALD (4 December 1749, Kittery, Maine, USA - 27 July 1836, North Berwick, Maine, USA)
(Hercules FERNALD & Mary TUCKER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Onesiphorus FISHER (7 March 1755, North Yarmouth, Maine, USA - 11 March 1829, North Yarmouth, Maine, USA)
(Samuel FISHER & Hannah BLANCHARD)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Samuel FISHER (17 November 1722, Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA (Cedar Crest) (South Duxbury) (West Duxbury) - 2 September 1786, North Yarmouth, Maine, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  William FLOYD (17 December 1734, Brookhaven, New York, USA (Patchogue) (Port Jefferson) (Setauket) - 4 August 1821, Westernville, New York, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Nathaniel FOLSOM (28 September 1726, Exeter, New Hampshire, USA - 26 May 1790, Exeter, New Hampshire, USA)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph Marie FONTAINE (8 June 1743, St-Pierre-Montmagny, Quebec, Canada - , )
(Étienne FONTAINE & Marthe DANIAU dite LAPRISE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Louis FONTAINE (1723, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) - 5 June 1799, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada)
(Étienne FONTAINE & Marie-Madeleine FOURNIER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Aaron FOOTE (10 March 1744, Colchester, Connecticut, USA (Westchester) - 13 July 1824, East Hampton, Connecticut, USA (Chatham))
(Nathaniel FOOTE & Patience GATES)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Nathaniel FOOTE (2 February 1742, Colchester, Connecticut, USA (Westchester) - 12 January 1829, East Hampton, Connecticut, USA (Chatham))
(Nathaniel FOOTE & Patience GATES)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  David FORMAN (3 November 1745, , New Jersey, USA - 12 September 1797, New Providence, The Bahamas)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Eustache FORTIN (16 February 1745, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada - 25 August 1830, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada)
(Louis FORTIN & Marie-Marthe PLANTE)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Ignace FORTIN (9 December 1749, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada - 30 December 1820, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada)
(Louis-Marie FORTIN & Marguerite LEBLOND)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Philippe FORTIN (13 June 1706, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) - 20 December 1776, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola))
(Eustache FORTIN & Louise CLOUTIER)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Edward FOSTER (14 May 1749, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Fiskdale) - 1 March 1818, Union, Connecticut, USA)
(Edward FOSTER & Rachel SMITH)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Alexandre FOURNIER (26 February 1735, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont) - 5 January 1826, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont))
(Jacques FOURNIER & Marie-Francoise BLANCHON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Augustin FOURNIER (21 April 1721, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) - 7 October 1805, St Andre-Bur, Quebec, Canada)
(Charles FOURNIER & Elisabeth-Agnes BOUCHARD)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Louis FOURNIER (7 May 1740, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) - 21 May 1824, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada)
(Louis FOURNIER & Marguerite LÉTOURNEAU)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Pierre-Basile FOURNIER (9 August 1748, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) - 26 April 1811, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire))
(Pierre-Basile FOURNIER & Marie-Madeleine LANGLOIS)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Thomas FOURNIER (20 February 1732, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) - 1808, )
(Francois FOURNIER & Elisabeth BELANGER)

Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Thomas FRACKER (2 June 1751, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale) - 7 September 1825, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale))
(Thomas FRACKER & Jane HOWARD)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Persifor FRAZER (9 August 1736, Newtown, Pennsylvania, USA - 24 April 1792, )
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Nathaniel FREEMAN (28 March 1741, Dennis, Massachusetts, USA (S., E., W.) (Dennisport) - 20 September 1827, )
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Pierre-Noel FREGEAU dit LA PLANCHE (18 November 1711, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) - 3 July 1788, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud))
(Daniel FREGEAU & Anne PAUZÉ)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Pierre-Noel FREGEAU dit LA PLANCHE (25 December 1744, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) - 25 September 1829, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola))
(Pierre-Noel FREGEAU dit LA PLANCHE & Marie-Louise QUEMENEUR dite LAFLAMME)

Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  Nathaniel FROTHINGHAM (6 February 1746, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA* - 22 January 1825, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA*)
American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Joseph FRYE (19 March 1712, Andover, Massachusetts, USA - 25 July 1794, )
Boston Tea Party  male ancestor  John FULTON (1736, - 9 November 1790, Medford, Massachusetts, USA)
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American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Pierre GAGNE (10 April 1744, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada - , )
(Jacques GAGNE & Marie-Anne GAGNON)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Richard GAINES (4 May 1752, Buck Island Creek, Albemarle, Virginia, USA - 9 November 1837, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA)
(Henry GAINES & Maria Woods STIPP)

American Revolutionary War Soldier  male ancestor  Simon GAINES (1735, , Connecticut, USA - 22 March 1781, Manchester, Connecticut, USA (South Manchester))
(Simon GAINES & Amy BREWER)

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