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A Loyalist's Diary (Assignment #9)

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Interesting, isn't it? Assignment #9 here already! See Mike's blog or Mrs. Pollock's blog for more information...

The Diary of a Loyalist:

January 5, 1784
Dear Diary;

We are here now, here in our new home, Canada. It seems more peaceful here, though, but I still rather stay in America, where I was born. My eldest sister, Adeline, said that if our family stayed, we'll all get killed. (I think she's just threatening me. I've heard stories from neighbours that they will just chase us out of our homes.) But why does the Patriots wanted to become independent? Don't they have any loyalties to the Crown? There's so any unanswered questions.

I still remember, from a few months ago, that horrible night when we had to leave. The evil Patriots stormed into our house at midnight with guns in their hands. We toke our most valuable belongings and fled north. Luckily, we met a neighbour's family on the way before we starved and then travelled with them. I noticed how delightful my parents were to have travel companions. Too bad our neighbour has a son (he's so bossy). I wish I have a good friend that is a girl instead.

By last December, our families travelled by boat across a lake and finally reached the St. Lawrence River. We settled in Upper Canada for a few days before we travelled again to Lower Canada, where most Loyalists are. This little village where my family settled is near the Bay of Quinte. Unforunatly, the population here is very low. Mother, Adeline and my other sister, Amanda, are busy knitting clothing for the rest of the winter, while I watch my father keeping himself busy by building a "hut" to live in. I find life here so boring (as I have said before), and I missed my old friends so much.

Sometimes I think I will never get use to this place. Yesterday, I found out that almost 100 000 loyalists are arriving in Canada. Father said that the Patriots are very cruel. I couldn't help asking again - Why does those patriots want to betray the Crown?

See these websites to get more information on Loyalists:

• The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Mysteries of Canada
• Histroy of Canada

I also found a quote from a Loyalist in this website:

"We cannot afford to let our politicans destroy whatever opportunities might be created. Let's face it, many of our politicans must be frightened by the cease-fire. And it's not hard to see why - if our fears about being solded out are finally allayed, in a few years from now these politicans could be redundant. We must analyse the situation from our own needs, not theirs. We've been marched up to the top of the hill and down again once too often."