United Empire Loyalists (in Canada)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_Empire_Loyalists_(in_Canada)

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:museum
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Loyalists
gptkbp:awardedBy	land by British government
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Loyalist_Day gptkb:United_Empire_Loyalists'_Association_of_Canada monuments and plaques
gptkbp:containsSettlement	gptkb:Lower_Canada gptkb:Upper_Canada gptkb:Maritime_provinces
gptkbp:contributedTo	creation of New Brunswick development of Canadian institutions growth of Upper Canada
gptkbp:descendantsKnownAs	Loyalist descendants
gptkbp:fledTo	gptkb:United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United Empire Loyalists (in Canada)
gptkbp:includes	gptkb:Black_Loyalists gptkb:German_Loyalists gptkb:Jewish_Loyalists Indigenous allies Dutch Loyalists Irish Loyalists Scottish Loyalists
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Canadian_English Canadian culture settlement patterns in Canada Canadian legal system
gptkbp:legacy	contributed to English-speaking Canada influenced Canadian educational system influenced Canadian political traditions influenced Canadian religious landscape shaped Canadian identity
gptkbp:legalStatus	recognized by Canadian government
gptkbp:migratory	confiscation of property persecution for loyalty to Britain seeking protection under British rule violence during American Revolution
gptkbp:movedTo	gptkb:Canada gptkb:New_Brunswick gptkb:Newfoundland gptkb:Nova_Scotia gptkb:Ontario gptkb:Prince_Edward_Island gptkb:Quebec gptkb:British_North_America
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees	about 50,000
gptkbp:opposedBy	American independence
gptkbp:originatedIn	gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:period	late 18th century
gptkbp:recipient	land grants military pensions compensation from British government supplies and provisions
gptkbp:supports	gptkb:British_Crown
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:The_American_Loyalists
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7