Description |
1 online resource (125 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Introduction; 1. Who were the Loyalists?; 2. The Loyalist War out of Canada; 3. Resettlement in the St. Lawrence-Bay of Quinte Region; 4. Resettlement in Niagara and the Western Peninsula; 5. The Colony begins to grow; Notes; Note on Sources; Illustration index and credits |
Summary |
As She Began, an illustrated introduction to Loyalist Ontario, provides a general guide to tAhe most crucial period in Ontario's history, 1775 to 1800, when thousands of refugees from the American Revolution streamed into the land between the lakes, giving Ontario its geographic shape and political destiny. Concentrating on the personal and social aspect of the loyalist migration, Bruce Wilson looks at the origins, the background, the motives, and the later successes of themen and women who were on the losing side of a civil war and were forced to start life over again in a wilderness. As She Be |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 123) |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
United Empire loyalists -- History
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HISTORY -- General.
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United Empire loyalists
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SUBJECT |
Ontario -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85094823
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Subject |
Ontario
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781554880805 |
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1554880807 |
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9781554885596 |
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1554885590 |
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9781459713642 |
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1459713648 |
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