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Title: Refugees on Their Own Land - Joseph Brant - A Question of Loyalties

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Description: The Six Nations had stood as one for centuries. Now, as the American Revolution unfolded, they were split by the white man's war. Four of the tribes agreed to fight for the British, and the native alliance with Britain prompted a brutal response from George Washington. The Indians were driven out: their homes and crops burned, their fields and orchards laid waste, their burial grounds defiled, and prisoners taken. Chief Joseph Brant watched as his people became refugees on their own land. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.

Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Title: Conquered and the Conquerors - British Control of Quebec - Battle for ...

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Description: After the conquest, a new Canada slowly took shape. The Canadian militia returned to their villages and farms. 500 French soldiers, married to Canadian women, were allowed to stay. 3000 British troops remained in Quebec. Bigot was put in the Bastille for corruption, and died in exile in 1778. Governor Vaudreuil was arrested for his role in the colony's loss. General James Wolfe became a virtual industry in death, as biographies, ballads, epic poems, and paintings of him abounded. From the television series "Canada: A People's History." Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.

Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Title: Canada within the Empire - British North America 1776-1812

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Description: Canada's English-speaking population grew significantly when American Loyalists flooded northward after America's independence in 1783. As a result, New Brunswick was created in 1784 and the division of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada (now Ontario and Quebec) occurred in 1791.

Site: Canadian War Museum

Title: Revolution Rejected: Canada and the American Revolution

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Description: "Revolution Rejected" is an exhibition at the Canadian War Museum that illustrates, through diorama, the military experience of the siege of Quebec City by American soldiers and the personal experience of a young American girl from a Loyalist family who survived the American Revolution and sought refuge in Canada after 1783.

Site: Canadian War Museum

Title: The White Flag As A Battle Flag

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Description: With origins in the Wars of Religion of the early seventeenth century, an all white flag symbolized France during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was flown over military outposts and from ships' masts throughout the existence of the colony of New France.

Site: National Defence

Title: Amerindian warrior brandishing a scalp

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Description: This print shows a classic European vision of scalping. The process was widespread amongst both the forest and plains Amerindians, and dates back to at least the early 16th century. Scalps were viewed as trophies of war, part of a ritual act of retribution on an enemy.

Site: National Defence

Title: Recruitment

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Description: Most of the British army was recruited in Great Britain. By the mid-19th century, half of the men were English or Welsh, one third Irish and the remainder Scottish. Recruits were (in theory) volunteers signed up by a regimental recruiting party, and service was for life (until 1847).

Site: National Defence

Title: Records of the 4th International Colloquy on Military History (Ottawa ...

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Description: Introduction by W.A.B. Douglas, Director Directorate of History, Program Chairman. Articles in a variety of languages including: English, German, French, Italian, Portugese, Spanish, Russian, Greek.

Site: National Defence

Title: A Series of Amerindian Nations

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Description: During the eighteenth century, the northwest Pacific coast was home to a series of Amerindian nations, including the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Nootka and Salish. These were maritime cultures - excellent sailors and fishermen who depended on the sea's resources

Site: National Defence

Title: Social Changes

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Description: The new British way of defending colonies led to great social changes in Canada during the late 18th century. With no professional colonial army to join, the elite of Canadian society lost much income and influence. As well, British soldiers developed no roots in the colony.

Site: National Defence

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