Entrée principale:

Mika, Nick, 1912-

Titre et auteur:

United Empire Loyalists : pioneers of Upper Canada / Nick and Helma Mika.

Publication:

Belleville, Ont. : Mika Pub. Co., 1976.

Description:

256 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Limited ed. of 2,000 copies.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-247) and index.
Foreword -- Loyalists -- The beginning of a new era -- The fortune hunters -- The colonists and English laws -- The Stamp Act -- The Boston Massacre -- The Boston Tea Party -- Quebec Act, 1774 -- Colonists take a stand -- The first continental congress -- Early persecution of the Loyalists -- Early activities of the Loyalists -- The opposing groups -- First bloody confrontation -- First mass exodus of Loyalists -- Invasion of Canada -- True Loyalists -- Loyalists begin to fight -- Movement toward independence -- Intensified persecution -- British troops in New York -- General Burgoyne's expedition -- Provincial regiments -- The fighting spirit of Loyalists -- Migration to Canada -- Peace without honour -- Loyalist's last stronghold -- Preparations for the settlement of Loyalists -- Pre-Loyalist settlements -- Loyalists journey to new settlements -- Survey of townships -- The Indian Loyalists -- The allocation of land -- The Royal Townships -- Cataraqui settlement -- Kingston Township -- Ernestown Township -- Adolphustown Township -- Marysburgh Township -- Sophiasburgh Township -- Ameliasburgh Township -- Sidney Township -- Thurlow Township -- Richmond Township -- Western settlements -- Clearing the land and the first home -- Early mills -- The hungry years -- Life on the pioneer farm -- Religious life -- Simcoe years -- Early days in Upper Canada.
Dust jacket.
In Related Ephemera: letter from the Mika Publishing Co., Belleville, Ont.
Library copy: in ms. "With best wishes, N. Mika, Helma Mika, August 1976."

Ressources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0919303099
9780919303096

Sujet:

United Empire loyalists.
Frontier and pioneer life Ontario.
United Empire Loyalists.
Frontier and pioneer life
Pioneers Ontario.
United Empire loyalists Ontario.
United States History Revolution, 1775-1783.
Canada History 1763-1791.
Canada History To 1663 (New France)
États-Unis Histoire 1775-1783 (Révolution)
Canada Histoire 1763-1791.
United States
Canada
Ontario
Ontario History

Classification/genre:

History

Vedettes secondaires:

Mika, Helma, author.
Mika, Helma
Autographs. Mika, Nick, 1912-
Autographs. Mika, Helma.
Presentation copies. Mika, Nick, 1912- Inscription.
Presentation copies. Mika, Helma. Inscription.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main canada 209885
Cote: FC3070.L6 M5 1976
Statut: Disponible