United Empire Loyalists

After the war, once they moved to Canada, they were called United Empire Loyalists, but this is set well before that.

HH Com 128 Miss Snark 2006

This event was the coming to the provinces of many thousand people, known as United Empire Loyalists, who, during the progress of the war, but chiefly at its close, left their old homes in the thirteen colonies.

Canada J. G. Bourinot

From all this it will appear that the United Empire Loyalists were the true liberals, the advocates of universal toleration and of truly liberal government; while the rulers of Massachusetts Bay were the advocates of religious intolerance and persecution of a government by a single religious denomination, and hostile to the supreme authority of England, as well as to their more tolerant and loyal fellow-colonists.

The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 Egerton Ryerson 1842

The United Empire Loyalists were the losing party; their history has been written by their adversaries, and strangely misrepresented.

The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 Egerton Ryerson 1842

These immigrants, known as United Empire Loyalists, and their descendants exercised a strong and lasting influence on Canada.

Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

The origin of the province must be sought in the history of those "United Empire Loyalists," who left the old colonies during and after the War of Independence and founded new homes by the St. Lawrence and great lakes, as well as in

Canada J. G. Bourinot

There is already a political precident in Canada to accept U.S. war resisters dating as far back as the 1700s when we accepted United Empire Loyalists.

let them stay letters in the toronto star 2009

Canada has been always been a haven for Americans: the United Empire Loyalists who founded English-speaking Canada, escaped slaves, and servicemen who had been drafted without their consent.

stop quibbling and let them stay 2009

As a 11th generation ‘North American’ whose family came to Canada in the late 1700 early 1800s, I recently joined the United Empire Loyalists to learn more about my family heritage.

Applause for Re-Enactors Mark Rose 2009

Unfortunately, I can't even try to pretend passing myself off as a D.A.R. member because at the time of the American Revolution, my American ancestors from New Jersey all buggered off to Canada as United Empire Loyalists.

The Great Christmas Giveaway Continues! Anne Johnson 2008