NOVA SCOTIA AND LOYALIST POLITICAL IMMIGRATION INTO BRITISH NORTH AMERICA: A MILESTONE WITHIN COLONIAL HISTORY
Abstract
Most people studying American History learn at an early age that the “Thirteen Colonies” revolted in 1775 and after eight long hard years won their independence with the Treaty of Paris in 1783. What most of them weren't taught is that the British actually founded 14 colonies on the Atlantic coastline of North America. Twelve colonies were founded in the 1600s, the 13th colony, Georgia, was not settled until 1733, a void of sixty three years. The 14th and last was Nova Scotia founded in 1749.
The American Revolution not only created one country but two: The United States of America and British North America, later Canada. This event was followed by a great influx of refugees from South to North, a displacement of people among equals, who either did not want to live in a different state or with a different allegiance or were forced to leave because of its convictions.
Keywords: American Revolution, British North America, Loyalists, inn migration.
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