Grade 4 · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 9
United Empire Loyalists
People who stayed loyal to Britain and started over
What your child practises
After the American Revolution tens of thousands of Loyalists, including Black Loyalists and Haudenosaunee Loyalists, came to British North America. Children learn where they settled and how New Brunswick, Upper Canada and Lower Canada were created.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: the United Empire Loyalists · who the Loyalists were, why they came north, and how they changed British North America
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
The Loyalists added to the number of people in British North America who spoke…
🗣️- Spanish
- English
- Cree
- French
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English
Hint: Many Loyalists spoke English.
Question 2
Why is it fair to say Loyalists were not all the same?
🤝- they came from different backgrounds, including Black and Indigenous people
- they all came from one town
- they all were farmers in Ontario
- they all spoke French
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they came from different backgrounds, including Black and Indigenous people
Hint: Loyalist groups included people of many backgrounds.
Question 3
Upper Canada was in the area that is now…
🗺️- Yukon
- Alberta
- Newfoundland
- southern Ontario
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southern Ontario
Hint: It was created in 1791.
Question 4
In 1791 the colony of Quebec was divided into…
✂️- Alberta and Quebec
- Ontario and BC
- Upper Canada and Lower Canada
- East and West Quebec
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Upper Canada and Lower Canada
Hint: Upper Canada was mostly English-speaking.
Question 5
Some Black Loyalists had been promised freedom for supporting Britain. Where did many settle?
🏘️- Yukon
- Alberta
- Nova Scotia
- Saskatchewan
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Nova Scotia
Hint: Birchtown, Nova Scotia, became a Black Loyalist community.
Question 6
What does “loyal” mean?
💙- lost
- forgetful
- unfriendly
- faithful to a person, group or country
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faithful to a person, group or country
Hint: Loyalists were loyal to the Crown.