<P> British forces gave transportation to 10,000 slaves when they evacuated Savannah and Charleston, carrying through on their promise . They evacuated and resettled more than 3,000 Black Loyalists from New York to Nova Scotia, Upper Canada, and Lower Canada . Others sailed with the British to England or were resettled as freedmen in the West Indies of the Caribbean . But slaves who were carried to the Caribbean under control of Loyalist masters generally remained slaves until British abolition in its colonies in 1834 . More than 1,200 of the Black Loyalists of Nova Scotia later resettled in the British colony of Sierra Leone, where they became leaders of the Krio ethnic group of Freetown and the later national government . Many of their descendants still live in Sierra Leone, as well as other African countries . </P> <P> Tens of thousands of Loyalists left the United States--the current high estimate is 70,000 by Maya Jasanoff . Some migrated to Britain . The great majority, known as United Empire Loyalists, received land and subsidies for resettlement in British colonies in North America, especially Quebec (concentrating in the Eastern Townships), Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia . The new colonies of Upper Canada (now Ontario) and New Brunswick were expressly created by Britain for their benefit, where the Crown awarded land to Loyalists as compensation for losses in the United States . Britain wanted to develop the frontier of Upper Canada on a British colonial model . But about 80% of the Loyalists stayed in the United States and became full, loyal citizens; some of the exiles later returned to the U.S. </P> <P> Interpretations vary concerning the effect of the Revolution . Veterans who fought in the war referred to it as "the revolution", although the war is sometimes known as the "American War of Independence" outside the United States, particularly in the United Kingdom . </P> <P> Historians such as Bernard Bailyn, Gordon Wood, and Edmund Morgan view the American Revolution as a unique and radical event that produced deep changes and had a profound effect on world affairs, such as an increasing belief in the principles of the Enlightenment . These were demonstrated by a leadership and government that espoused protection of natural rights, and a system of laws chosen by the people . John Murrin, by contrast, argues that the definition of "the people" at that time was mostly restricted to free men who were able to pass a property - qualification . This view argues that any significant gain of the revolution was irrelevant in the short term to women, black Americans and slaves, poor white men, youth, and American Indians . </P>

What does england call the american revolutionary war