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sively aloof。 Even when France joined the warring colonies and Admiral d'Estaing appealed to the Canadians to rise； they did not heed； though it is difficult to say what the result would have been if Washington had agreed to Lafayette's plan of a joint French and American invasion in 1778。
Nova Scotia also held aloof； in spite of the fact that many of the men who had come from New England and from Ulster were eager to join the colonies to the south。 In Nova Scotia democracy was a less hardy plant than in Massachusetts。 The town and township institutions； which had been the nurseries of resistance in New England； had not been allowed to take root there。 The circumstances of the founding of Halifax had given ripe to a greater tendency； which lasted long； to lean upon the mother country。 The Maine wilderness made intercourse between Nova Scotia and New England difficult by land； and the British fleet was in control of the sea until near the close of the war。 Nova Scotia stood by Great Britain； and was reserved to become part of a northern nation still in the making。
That nation was to owe its separate existence to the success of the American Revolution。 But for that event； coming when it did； the struggling colonies of Quebec and Nova Scotia would in time have become merged with the colonies to the youth and would have followed them； whether they remained within the British Empire or not。 Thus it was due to the quarrel between the thirteen colonies and the motherland that Canada did not become merely a fourteenth colony or state。 Nor was this the only bearing of the Revolution on Canada's destiny。 Thanks to the coming of the Loyalists； those exiles of the Revolution who settled in Canada in large numbers； Canada was after all to be dominantly a land of English speech and of English sympathies。 By one of the many paradoxes which mark the history of Canada； the very success of the plan which aimed to save British power by confirming French…Canadian nationality and the loyalty of the French led in the end to making a large part of Canada English。 The Revolution meant also that for many a year those in authority in England and in Canada itself were to stand in fear of the principles and institutions which had led the old colonies to rebellion and separation； and were to try to build up in Canada buttresses against the advance of democracy。
The British statesmen who helped to frame the Peace of 1783 were men with broad and generous views as to the future of the seceding colonies and their relations with the mother country。 It was perhaps inevitable that they should have given less thought to the future of the colonies in America which remained under the British flag。 Few men could realize at the moment that out of these scattered fragments a new nation and a second empire would arise。 Not only were the seceding colonies given a share in the fishing grounds of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia； which was unfortunately to prove a constant source of friction； but the boundary line was drawn with no thought of the need of broad and easy communication between Nova Scotia and Canada； much less between Canada and the far West。 Vague definitions of the boundaries； naturally incident to the prevailing lack of geographical knowledge of the vast continent； held further seeds of trouble。 These contentions； however； were far in the future。 At the moment another defect of the treaty proved to be Canada's gain。 The failure of Lord Shelburne's Ministry to insist upon effective safeguards for the fair treatment of those who had taken the King's side in the old colonies； condemned as it was not only by North and the Tories but by Fox and Sheridan and Burke； led to that Loyalist migration which changed the racial complexion of Canada。
The Treaty of 1783 provided that Congress would 〃earnestly recommend〃 to the various States that the Loyalists be granted amnesty and restitution。 This pious resolution proved not worth the paper on which it was written。 In State after State the property of the Loyalists was withheld or confiscated anew。 Yet this ungenerous treatment of the defeated by the victors is not hard to understand。 The struggle had been waged with all the bitterness of civil war。 The smallness of the field of combat had intensified personal ill…will。 Both sides had practiced cruelties in guerrilla warfare； but the Patriots forgot Marion's raids； Simsbury mines； and the drumhead hangings； and remembered only Hessian brutalities； Indian scalpings； Tarleton's harryings； and the infamous prison ships of New York。 The war had been a long one。 The tide of battle had ebbed and flowed。 A district that was Patriot one year was frequently Loyalist the next。 These circumstances engendered fear and suspicion and led to nervous reprisals。
At least a third； if not a half； of the people of the old colonies had been opposed to revolution。 New York was strongly Loyalist； with Pennsylvania； Georgia； and the Carolinas closely following。 In the end some fifty or sixty thousand Loyalists abandoned their homes or suffered expulsion rather than submit to the new order。 They counted in their ranks many of the men who had held first place in their old communities； men of wealth； of education； and of standing； as well as thousands who had nothing to give but their fidelity to the old order。 Many； especially of the well…to…do； went to England； a few found refuge in the West Indies； but the great majority； over fifty thousand in all； sought new homes in the northern wilderness。 Over thirty thousand； including many of the most influential of the whole number （with about three thousand negro slaves； afterwards freed and deported to Sierra Leone） were carried by ship to Nova Scotia。 They found homes chiefly in that part of the province which in 1784 became New Brunswick。 Others； trekking overland or sailing around by the Gulf and up the River； settled in the upper valley of the St。 Lawrenceon Lake St。 Francis； on the Cataraqui and the Bay of Quinte； and in the Niagara District。
Though these pioneers were generously aided by the British Government with grants of land and supplies； their hardships and disappointments during the first years in the wilderness were such as would have daunted any but brave and desperate men and women whom fate had winnowed。 Yet all but a few； who drifted back to their old homes； held out； and the foundations of two more provinces of the future DominionNew Brunswick and Upper Canadawere thus broadly and soundly laid by the men whom future generations honored as 〃United Empire Loyalists。〃 Through all the later years； their sacrifices and sufferings； their ideals and prejudices； were to make a deep impress on the development of the nation which they helped to found and were to influence its relations with the country which they had left and with the mother country which had held their allegiance。
Once the first tasks of hewing and hauling and planting were done； the new settlers called for the organization of local governments。 They were quite as determined as their late foes to have a voice in their own governing； even though they yielded ultimate obedience to rulers overseas。
In the provinces by the sea a measure of self…government was at once established。 New Brunswick received； without question； a constitution on the Nova Scotia model； with a Lieutenant Governor； an Executive Council appointed to advise him； which served also as the upper house of the legislature； and an elective Assembly。 Of the twenty…six members of the first Assembly； twenty…three were Loyalists。 With a population so much at one； and with the tasks of road making and school building and tax collecting insistent and absorbing； no party strife divided the province for many years。 In Nova Scotia； too； the Loyalists were in the majority。 There； however； the earlier settlers soon joined with some of the newcomers to form an opposition。 The island of St。 John； renamed Prince Edward Island in 1798； had been made a separate Government and had received an Assembly in 1773。 Its one absorbing question was the tenure of land。 On a single day in 1767 the British authorities had granted the whole island by lottery to army and navy officers and country gentlemen； on condition of the payment of small quitrents。 The quitrents were rarely paid； and the tenants of the absentee landlords kept up an agitation for reform which was unceasing but which was not to be successful for a hundred years。 In all three Maritime Provinces political and party controversy was little known for a generation after the Revolution。
It was more difficult to decide what form of government should be set up in Canada； now that tens of thousands of English…speaking settiers dwelt beside the old Canadians。 Carleton； now Lord Dorchester； had returned as Governor in 1786； after eight years' absence。 He was still averse to granting an Assembly so long as the French subjects were in the majority： they did not want it； he insisted； and could not use it。 But the Loyalist settlers； not to be put off； joined with the English merchants of Montreal and Quebec in demanding an Assembly and relief from the old French laws。 Carleton himself was compelled to admit the force of the conclusion of William Grenville； Secretary of Stat