As she began : an illustrated introduction to Loyalist Ontario / by Bruce Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Bruce G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Empire loyalists--History.

United Empire loyalists.

Ontario--History.

Ontario.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (124 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario ; Charlottetown, [Canada] : Dundurn Press, 1981.

Language Note:

English

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 wil

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611957674

9781554880805

1554880807

9781281957672

1281957674

OCLC:

431569558