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United Empire Loyalist Migration and Settlement in British North America (1783–1800)

United Empire Loyalist Migration and Settlement in British North America (1783–1800)

  1. Bay of Quinte townships are laid out

    Labels: Bay of, Upper Canada

  3. Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolution

    Labels: Treaty of, United States

  4. Black Loyalist community of Birchtown is founded

    Labels: Birchtown, Black Loyalists

  5. British evacuate New York, accelerating Loyalist exile

    Labels: New York, Evacuation Day

  6. New Brunswick is created as a separate colony

    Labels: New Brunswick, Bay of

  7. Shelburne riots target Black Loyalists

    Labels: Shelburne, Birchtown

  8. Haldimand Proclamation grants Grand River lands

    Labels: Haldimand Proclamation, Grand River

  9. Saint John is incorporated by royal charter

    Labels: Saint John, royal charter

  10. Dorchester formalizes the “United Empire Loyalist” honorific

    Labels: Lord Dorchester, United Empire

  11. Constitutional Act divides Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada

    Labels: Constitutional Act, Quebec

  12. Upper and Lower Canada officially take effect

    Labels: Upper Canada, Lower Canada

  13. Black Loyalists depart Halifax for Sierra Leone

    Labels: Sierra Leone, Black Loyalists

  14. First elected legislature meets in Upper Canada

    Labels: Upper Canada, Legislative Assembly

  15. Upper Canada passes the Act Against Slavery

    Labels: Act Against, Upper Canada