HST 711 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Britishness, Lower Canada, Origin Myth
5 Apr 2016
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Hst 711 canada and the united states. Based on the courage of the founding fathers (jefferson, washington) Loyalty to crown now unacceptable (old nationalism, someone who still followed the old way of life was a traitor after 1785) Fidelity to the british empire & monarchy (you leave and become a political refugee) Traitors in america were noble heroes is bna. Traditional view tories (tories were those who were influential in the british rule, were very wealthy and remained their political positions) Those with deep attachment to the empire (rather stay british) Geographical fluctuations away from the rebel centre. Living in the 13 colonies and afraid to lose their culture, language and religion. Most loyalists stayed in new usa (40-50% were loyalists) Those identified with british during the war (farmers, businessmen, these people found it very difficult to go back to their lives after the revolution) Those accused of loyalism settling of old scores.
