Loyalists British North America and American Revolutionary War

Tories: While notion of Tories, in the English tradition, had its beginnings among the royalist faction in the English Civil War of 1639 to 1651, in the North American context it normally refers to the Loyalists of British North America who eschewed American secessionism during the so-called War of Independence, according to Rabble. Alert readers of history will recall that this conflict, also known as the American Revolutionary War, began in 1775 and resulted in the recognition of the independence of the United States by everyone who mattered in the Treaty of Paris of 1783. This day, on which the Stars 'n' Stripes flies proudly all across the continent, including along many roads in far southern Alberta, notwithstanding the presence of large numbers of social democrats in Edmonton, is also an excellent opportunity for Canadians to remind themselves of why Stephen Harper and the political party he heads have no business calling themselves Tories. This freed our neighbors from the tyranny of -our words, which, it must be conceded was a positive outcome for them. It also allowed the treasonous and newly confident American revolutionaries to hurl the term "Tories" at their patriotic fellow-Americans as venomous political invective. This all happened long before the phrase "The King of Rock 'n' Roll, long may he reign" meant anything to anyone. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.