When the smoke from the battles of the American Revolution had settled, tens of thousands of individuals who had remained loyal to the crown in the conflict found themselves without a home to return to. Destitute and ostracized, these Loyalists turned to the only place they had left to go. The open land of British North America presented them with an opportunity to establish a new community distinct from the new American republic. The journey to their new homes was far from easy, and their sacrifices once there set the groundwork for a country that would be completely unlike any other. Neither fully American nor truly British, the Loyalists established a worldview entirely of their own making, one that valued steady, peaceful, and pragmatic change over radical revolution. 2016.