North of America : Loyalists, Indigenous nations, and the borders of the long American Revolution

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North of America : Loyalists, Indigenous nations, and the borders of the long American Revolution

Lennox, Jeffers 1980- (author., Author).

Summary: "The story of the Thirteen Colonies' struggle for independence from Britain is well known to every American schoolchild. But at the start of the Revolutionary War, there were more than thirteen British colonies in North America. Patriots were surrounded by Indigenous homelands and loyal provinces. Independence had its limits. Upper Canada, Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and especially the homelands that straddled colonial borders, were far less foreign to the men and women who established the United States than Canada is to those who live here now. These northern neighbors were far from inactive during the Revolution. The participation of the loyal British provinces and Indigenous nations that largely rejected the Revolution-as antagonists, opponents, or bystanders-shaped the progress of the conflict and influenced the American nation's early development. In this book, historian Jeffers Lennox looks north, as so many Americans at that time did, and describes how Loyalists and Indigenous leaders frustrated Patriot ambitions, defended their territory, and acted as midwives to the birth of the United States while restricting and redirecting its continental aspirations."--

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ISBN: 9780300226126
Physical Description: vii, 353 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-340) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Of Montreal -- Sea power -- A northern chorus -- The national -- Oneida -- Portage -- Land of talk.