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	United Empire Loyalists - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many of the Loyalists were forced to abandon substantial amounts of property, and restoration of or compensation for this lost property was a major issue during the negotiation of the Jay Treaty in 1795.
		The influence of the Loyalists on the evolution of Canada remains.
		In effect, the new British North American provinces of Upper Canada (the forerunner of Ontario) and New Brunswick were founded as places of refuge for the United Empire Loyalists.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Empire_Loyalists (702 words)

	Loyalist (American Revolution) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From the Loyalist perspective in 1775, the Loyalists were the honourable ones who stood by the Crown and the British Empire, and had to flee persecution from disloyal American radicals.
		Loyalists were loosely associated with Anglicanism in that many prominent Anglicans supported the King.
		Therefore when Loyalist slaveowners left the country they took their slaves to Jamaica and other islands where conditions were bleak for the slaves.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Loyalist_(American_Revolution) (2329 words)

	UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS STATUE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The United Empire Loyalists were distinguished for their devotion to principle, for their valour in battle during the American revolution and for their loyalty and bravery in the War of 1812 - 1814 in defense of Canadian homes and hearths.
		The United Empire Loyalists, believing that a monarchy was better than a republic, and shrinking with abhorrence from a dismemberment of the Empire, were willing, rather than lose the one and endure the other, to bear with temporary injustice.
		When the war was over, the Loyalists found that their property had been either confiscated or destroyed by the triumphant revolutionists and that many of them were banished under penalty of death.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /wentworth/uel.htm (1318 words)

	Chapter4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Loyalists in exile would mainly disperse northward along the Atlantic coast, but in 1784 a portion would be immersed in the wilderness of the western territory of the old province of Quebec.
		Loyalists believed that behaviour based on noble and rational conduct, dictated by reason, led to a wise, moderate and restrained government that would guarantee freedom and morality.
		It was the first unit of troops raised in America to counter the revolutionary threat and one of the few provincial corps to be admitted into the regular army in 1778 as the 84th Regiment of Foot.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /heirloom_series/volume3/chapter4/69-74.htm (1543 words)

	United Empire Loyalists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Loyalist corps were raised in all colonies from Georgia to Massachusetts and fought with the British throughout the war.
		In 1784, the 'Loyalist' Province of New Brunswick was separated from Nova Scotia and Thomas Carleton, brother of Sir Guy Carleton, was appointed Governor.
		The Loyalists in the newly settled western part of Quebec were not satisfied to be governed by the terms of the Quebec Act of 1774.
	www.mysteriesofcanada.com /Canada/united_empire_loyalists.htm (1614 words)

	The History of Canada and Canadians United Empire Loyalists
		When peace was established in 1783, many thousands of Loyalists, who were referred to as Tories by their fellow countrymen, left the newly created United States.
		This huge influx of settlers, who were known in Canada and England as the United Empire Loyalists, marked the first major wave of immigration by English-speaking settlers since the days of New France.
		It was clear that these United Empire Loyalists who had come to the western wilderness of what was still part of Quebec would not long be satisfied with the limited rights and French laws established by the Quebec Act.
	www.linksnorth.com /canada-history/theunitedempire.html (381 words)

	United Empire Loyalists, Manitoba
		Those Loyalists who have adhered to the Unity of the Empire, and joined the Royal Standard before the Treaty of Separation in the year 1783, and all their Children and their Descendants by either sex, are to be distinguished by the following Capitals, affixed to their
		The United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada was formed in 1914 by Loyalist descendants and the Manitoba Branch was chartered in 1933.
		United Empire Loyalists Annual Dominion Conference - Remarks by The Honourable Peter M. Liba, C.M., O.M., Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
	cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca /loyalists (175 words)

	Canadian Genealogy and History Links - United Empire Loyalist
		Colonel John Butler, (Niagara) Branch, UEL of Canada The Col. John Butler Branch of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada can trace its origins as far back as 1898, when Captain John D. Servos organized a branch in Virgil, which was a early settlement in the Niagara area.
		Isaac Van Valkenburg aka Vollick UEL; Jonas Larroway UEL Isaac Vollick born 1732 Schoharie, New York, was a United Empire Loyalist who came to Upper Canada from the United States during the American Revolution.
		William Osterhout, United Empire Loyalist The story of William Osterhout whose principal residence was in Niagara.
	www.islandnet.com /~jveinot/cghl/loyalist.html (1299 words)

	Historical Notes: United Empire Loyalists of the Middle Ages
		In one broad description, the United Empire Loyalists were those who remained loyal to the King of England during the American Revolution of 1775-1783.
		The United Empire Loyalists were at odds with the Continental Congress because they believed conflict should be handled with dignity and open dialogue, not with violent conflicts and open aggression.
		This is because the term United Empire is a British title of distinction and not all are entitled to use it.
	nhnh.essortment.com /unitedempirem_rccx.htm (773 words)

	LXIV - THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS
		The Loyalist emigration was naturally attended with some confusion, owing to the excitement engendered by the closing events of the Revolution; yet it was not undertaken in quite the haphazard way that has generally been supposed.
		After due consideration it was agreed that the Loyalists leaving the thirteen old colonies should be provided with proper vessels to carry them and their horses and cattle as near as possible to the places appointed in Nova Scotia where they were to settle.
		These liberal terms were afterwards considerably extended; the Loyalists who came to Nova Scotia were allowed full provisions for their families the first year, two-thirds provisions for the second and one-third for the third year.
	members.shaw.ca /caren.secord/locations/NewBrunswick/Glimpses/LXIV.html (2305 words)

	United Empire Loyalists
		A great majority of families that settled in the Niagara Peninsula were United Empire Loyalists, and many of their descendants still reside in this area.
		United Empire Loyalists: Enquiry into the Losses and Services in Consequence of their Loyalty.
		The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada by the United Empire Loyalists, 1784-1884.
	www.nfpl.library.on.ca /empire.html (199 words)

	Canada - United Empire Loyalists
		The loyalists who went there and made their homes were therefore practically the founders of the province.
		The term United Empire Loyalist, or more correctly speaking, " U.E. Loyalist," is derived from an Order in Council dated November, 1789, which laid it down that daughters as well as sons should in each case receive a grant of 200 acres of land, the sons on attaining full age, the daughters on their marriage.
		It was further provided that all loyalists who had adhered to the British cause before the Treaty of 1783 and their children of both sexes, were to be distinguished in the records by the letters " U.E.," in this way preserving the memory of their adherence and devotion to a United Empire.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles31n/canada-20.shtml (1046 words)

	United Empire Loyalists, Manitoba
		Of the 80,000 Loyalists who fled the colonies, about half either journeyed by ship to the Maritimes or travelled north through the wilderness to parts of Quebec and to what is now Ontario.
		By the late 1800s, the third generation of settlers, that is the grandchildren of the original Loyalists had formed Loyalist societies or organizations in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta.
		While the association is geared to attracting the descendants of Loyalists, anyone who supports the Association's aims is welcome to join the organization by becoming a branch member.
	cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca /loyalists/loyalists.html (338 words)

	The United Empire Loyalists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Loyalists, whatever their social status (and they were not all aristocrats), represented the conservative and moderate element in the revolting states; and their removal, whether by banishment or disfranchisement, meant the elimination of a very wholesome element in the body politic.
		The Loyalists were Tories and Imperialists; but, in the colonies from which they came, they had been accustomed to a very advanced type of democratic government, and it was not to be expected that they would quietly reconcile themselves in their new home to the arbitrary system of the Quebec Act.
		Among the papers relating to the Loyalists in the Canadian Archives there is an abstract of the numbers of the settlers in the five townships at Cataraqui and the eight townships on the St Lawrence.
	www.blackmask.com /thatway/books152c/emplo.htm (19553 words)

	United Empire Loyalists on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS [United Empire Loyalists] in Canadian history, name applied to those settlers who, loyal to the British cause in the American Revolution, migrated from the Thirteen Colonies to Canada.
		Canadisk/CanPix 06-15-1989 Loyalists Landing at Adolphustown, Bay of QuinteBowen Squire; in Mika, United Empire Loyalists, 167Immigration, United StatesSettlementKeyword: 1989 Ottawa Researchers/Dr. Alastair Sweeney
		Heritage Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(United Empire Loyalists,)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/u/untde1m.asp (555 words)

	BOOK, CD & VIDEO LIST - - United Empire Loyalists, books CDs. American revolutionary war
		Frontenac County Loyalist Families is an updated revision combining the original text with additional information recently obtained from transcriptions of the Registrar General’s post 1869 vital statistics now available at the Archives of Ontario, plus recent transcriptions of Cataraqui Cemetery and family information supplied by private researchers.
		BOOK - The Loyalists In Ontario, The Sons & Daughters Of The American Loyalists of Upper Canada by William D. Reid As the sons and daughters of Loyalists petitioned for the lands they were entitled to, a notation was made of the authorization for each grant in the records of the Council of Upper Canada.
		Many of these United Empire Loyalists, including James McMasters, were granted lands in the Bay of Quinte area where they established prosperous farms and raised thriving families.
	globalgenealogy.com /countries/canada/loyalist/resources (2469 words)

	United Empire Loyalist
		Many settlers in the late 18th century and early 19th century were Loyalists who had left the Thirteen Colonies at the time of the American Rebellion and migrated either directly to Ontario or to the maritime provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia first, then on to Ontario (Upper Canada).
		Loyalists In The Family These men tho not all Wannamaker's did marry into the Wannamaker family.
		Loyalist Cultural Center in Adulphustown, Ontario One of the first Loyalist Landings in Upper Canada.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~apassageintime/loyalist.html (447 words)

	United Empire Loyalists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		United Empire Loyalists is the name given to individuals who are descendants of British loyalists during the American War of Independence.
		restore seized property, redress grievances, and permit loyalists to return home to live under the new jurisdiction." (Christopher Moore, The Loyalists: Revolution, Exile, Settlement (1984) ISBN 0771060939 at pg.
		In the United Kingdom a Commission for Claims and Losses was established to compensate loyalists if they would relinquish their claims to the British government -- but only about 2000 claims were made.
	usapedia.com /u/united-empire-loyalists.html (137 words)

	The United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada » Genealogy Blog
		That’s because all descendants of “certifiable” Loyalists are entitled to use the title.
		Certifiable loyalists were those who “joined the Royal Standard before the Treaty of Separation in 1783.” In other words, they stuck with the king - and paid the price for it.
		An oddity in some other places, modern-day Loyalists come in comparatively thick numbers in Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry counties, where their ancestors — among 6,000 original UELs — settled after remaining true to the British rulers during the American Revolution, 1775-1783, with many of them joining loyal colonial regiments.
	genealogyblog.com /?p=4087 (448 words)

	The Old United Empire Loyalist List Index
		He is reconized as a "Loyalist Settler" but he was not U.E., even though it clearly states on his Land Petition that he was a "Loyalist".
		Three of his eldest brothers, (all 7 brothers born in New Jersey), fought for the "4th Battalion New Jersey Volunteers", along with several cousins and are "true Loyalists", as seen throughout many of the NJV Muster Rolls.
		He was born in New England or possibly Hoosick, NY which is on the border of Vermont where he was stationed for a time during that War.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~apassageintime/uelist/uelist.html (1676 words)

	United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada
		1) Uniting in a Canadian association the descendants of those families who, during the American Revolutionary War, sacrificed all to retain their loyalty to the British crown.
		5) Increasing public awareness of the Loyalist contributions to Canada and preserving, defending,and promoting Loyalist heritage within Canadian society, by developing and participating in projects and activities which honour and celebrate the memory of the United Empire Loyalists.
		Join the group to learn from our top genealogy and history seminar speakers, tour old town Toronto where the remains of the First Parliament Buildings lie, visit St. James and be entertained at Fort York.
	www.uelac.org (378 words)

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		This was the flag under which the United Empire Loyalists' entered Prince Edward County after leaving the Thirteen Colonies following the American Revolution in 1776.
		This is often recognized as the first Loyalist Landing but it should be noted that there was a previous landing in Nova Scotia.
		The first shipload of Loyalists' left the Thirteen Colonies for Nova Scotia in the Spring of 1776.
	www3.telus.net /uelchilliwack (411 words)

	The United Empire Loyalists
		Those who opposed the revolution were branded as traitors and became known as Loyalists since they remained loyal to the British Crown.
		Loyalists were harassed, denied the right to vote, sell land, sue debtors or to be lawyers, doctors or schoolmasters.
		With the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, Britain recognized the independence of the United States.
	www.ripnet.com /sites/colonel_edward_jessup/UEL_Col_J (275 words)

	Rideau Canal Waterway - United Empire Loyalists
		American immigrants into Canada, known as United Empire Loyalists, were the result of the American Revolution (1775-1783).
		Three main areas were chosen for settlement, the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, near Kingston; the Bay of Quinte; and the Niagara Peninsula.
		Many of the Loyalists were very politically active, but they brought with them a concept of political evolution rather than revolution, a concept still at the heart of the Canadian political system today.
	www.rideau-info.com /canal/history/loyalists.html (478 words)

	United Empire Loyalists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		United Empire Loyalists, in Canadian history, name applied to those settlers who, loyal to the British cause in the American Revolution, migrated from the Thirteen Colonies to Canada.
		Some emigrated during the Revolution, but the greatest number left the colonies in 1783–84, after the Treaty of Paris had failed to make adequate provision for the
		Hamilton Branch.(Branching Out--News from the Branches)(United Empire Loyalists)(Brief Article)
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0850061.html (305 words)

	United Empire Loyalists' Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		To unite together, irrespective of creed or political party, the descendants of those families who, during the American Revolutionary War of 1775 to 1783, sacrificed their homes in retaining their loyalty to the British Crown and to perpetuate this spirit of loyalty.
		Lectures of interest to our members; suggestions for proving lineal descent from loyalist ancestor.
		Sale of books "Loyalists All," biographical sketches of some of our Loyalist ancestors.
	www.sjfn.nb.ca /community_hall/U/unit7054.html (112 words)

	THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS
		He kindly conducted this interview with me in May of 1999 as a precurser to a future full interview which will be done with Harry Viesel which is to be printed in Ugly Things 18.
		The UEL was at the cutting edge of the new Vancouver scene.
		We were practically the house band at the major music venue which, in the beginning, was the Pender Auditorium, where Jerry Kruz first brought the Grateful Dead to Vancouver.
	www.mindspring.com /~felinefrenzy/UEL.html (1623 words)

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