During the American Revolution there was a group of people known as the United Empire Loyalist, these people wanted to stay part of the British Empire, rather then separating. It was documented by an author at the time about every third American was said to be a Loyal to the Crown. These people were able to perceiver through the abuse and various mental and physical maltreatments that were aimed at them and the rest of the Loyalist. Revolutionist viewed Scottish settlers in Virginia as being leaches feeding off the poor native-born people of the colonies. The people of the colonies posed a great threat to their economic, social, and even political independence. The revolutionist stormed the Campbell’s estate, where they forced the Scottish
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The United Empire Loyalist talked in distinct way, in regards to talking with British white male superiority in mind. This idea of elitism was present with the Loyalist they were supportive of the monarchy, conservative, keeping the British monarchy in power. This is shown through multiple types of literature and over one hundred years. In a book called “The Canadian Brothers” by John Richardson, he used in this story, and the relationship between two brothers as a symbol of the “unity of the nation”(Coleman, 2001). The American Revolution pinned families, friends and neighbours against one another. The Loyalist marched out of Fort Niagara and scattered their settlements across Quebec, and the Maritime colonies. The Loyalist maintained their distinct communities by continuing with their forms of celebration private, semi-public celebrations. These celebrations provided something familiar for the settlers in a foreign land. The way the Loyalist wanted to keep their culture, and over generations culture did not spread to more lavish parties, but into buildings, and businesses out of respect for what their ancestors had been put through. This proposed a problem for the colonial government at the time who were not accustomed to the Loyalist foreign way of
The United Empire Loyalist talked in distinct way, in regards to talking with British white male superiority in mind. This idea of elitism was present with the Loyalist they were supportive of the monarchy, conservative, keeping the British monarchy in power. This is shown through multiple types of literature and over one hundred years. In a book called “The Canadian Brothers” by John Richardson, he used in this story, and the relationship between two brothers as a symbol of the “unity of the nation”(Coleman, 2001). The American Revolution pinned families, friends and neighbours against one another. The Loyalist marched out of Fort Niagara and scattered their settlements across Quebec, and the Maritime colonies. The Loyalist maintained their distinct communities by continuing with their forms of celebration private, semi-public celebrations. These celebrations provided something familiar for the settlers in a foreign land. The way the Loyalist wanted to keep their culture, and over generations culture did not spread to more lavish parties, but into buildings, and businesses out of respect for what their ancestors had been put through. This proposed a problem for the colonial government at the time who were not accustomed to the Loyalist foreign way of