THE LOYALISTS

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QUESTION 1-OBJECTIVE ONE

PARAGRAPH 1- INTRODUCTION

* State who were the Loyalists. * Include how they ended up with that name as well as other referred names. * Explain why they came to the Bahamas

BODY – PARAGRAPH 2

- The American war of independence had a major impact on the Loyalists. Many of them did not support or agree with war. The Americans were unhappy with how
Great Britain was treating them. The thirteen colonies disobeyed the laws of the mother country which caused The American War of Independence. They were mistreated by the British.

- State the reasons why the colonies disobeyed Great Britain.
- Explain in detail each reason.

Reasons

1 Great Britain wanted to protect her new colonies from competing with other countries such as the French and Dutch, who wanted to control trade with the new world. They passed laws to prohibit the trade, because they wanted to control the goods and profits coming from overseas.

2. Great Britain imposed a stamp tax on tea, glass, lead, paint and other items entering the American Colonies.

3. Interference in business matters.

4. Mistreated by the British

PARAGRAPH 3 CONCLUSION: a wrap up of the entire objective.

PLEASE REFER TO SOURCE B WHEN ANSWERING OBJECTIVE 2

Objective 2

PARAGRAPH 1

* Explain Why the Loyalists came to the Bahamas

PARAGRAPH 2

* State why the Bahamas was a suitable place for them. Give details.
The Loyalists settled on several of the family islands. Cat Island, Eleuthera, Exuma, New Providence, Abaco, San Salvador, Long Island, Crooked Island, Acklins and Rum Cay

* Copy a clear blank map of the Bahamas. * Shade in the islands, you may use coloring pencil or a pencil, make your work NEAT! * Include the TITLE, KEY/LEGEND, - Label the island using a BLACK PEN (MAKE SURE WHEN WRITING THE NAMES OF THE ISLANDS, ALL NAMES GO IN A EAST AND WEST DIRECTION.)

QUESTION 3- OBJECTIVE 3 Research question

INTRODUCTION

In the introduction list the challenges that the Loyalists faced

PARAGRAPH 2

Discuss the first challenge IN DETAIL.

PARAGRAPH 3

Discuss the second challenge IN DETAIL PARAGRAPH 4

Discuss the third challenge in DETAIL

PARAGRAPH 5 Conclusion

SOME OF THE CHALLENGES : AGAIN DETAILS MUST BE PROVIDED.

* Unsustainability of cotton plantation due to poor soil and infestation of the chenille bug which attacked the young pods and the red bug which caused discolouration. * AFFECT: Due to the failure some of the Loyalists moved from the family islands to New Providence or to other islands in the Caribbean.

* Turned to salt making, livestock raising, wood cutting and wrecking.

* AFFECT: These were short lived and many Loyalists left after slavery was abolished. Those who remained had a hard time.

* Lack of food, food had to be imported

* Shelter had to be provided

EACH OF THESE CHALLENGES MUST BE FULLY EXPLAINED ALONG WITH THE AFFECT OF EACH.

CONCLUSION

QUESTION 4 – OBJECTIVE 4 RESEARCH

INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH 1

Please check with the English teacher about how to format and write a report, then answer question four.

Contributions/changes the Loyalists made to the Bahamas.

* Built fine houses and buildings, eg. House of Assembly, Supreme Court,St. Matthew’s Anglican Church * Very educated built schools which changed the social life of the children who were able to learn writing, reading and arithmetic. * Started the first newspaper( Bahama Gazette) John Wells * Involved in politics in the country
Contributed to the expertise of boat building which led to many boats