Loyalists During The American Revolutionary War

From the accounts, I find the loyalists account more believable than the Patriots account. The account begins by narrating the entrance of the king’s troops in the town in 1768. This entrance had one meaning, those people who referred to themselves as sons of liberty would soon lose their freedom. The arrival of the king’s troop implies the abolition of the democratic government. Parliament would not have any meaningful use. Its deliberations would not be important because the resulting laws would not be binding. It was necessary for people to revolt against the king. This revolution would earn back their freedom. They would once again have a democratic government.

The Revolutionary War, from April 1775 - September 3, 1783. The war of freedom, Great Britain vs the 13 colonies. But how did it happen? What were the conflicts that started the Revolutionary war? All the Acts and the colonies not wanting to be treated like children any more. This was how the Colonies became their own.

In the years before the war for independence, a majority of the colonies were supporters of our union with the British Empire. The dangers to a young colony were numerous, and without the vast resources of the British, it is doubtful the colonies would have survived. As the years progress, the colonies developed a stronger economy, increased food productions, and developed local governments that reduced the need for a guardian empire. As the British government tried to increase its control over the colonies, a group of colonials started to think about life out from under British controls. This group eventually came to be known as the “Patriots.”

In the past, while learning about the American Revolution I had always thought of America as a united front. The war between the Patriots and Loyalists could even be compared to the war between America and Britain. The Patriots were not justified in abusing and expelling the Loyalists. In the actions the Patriots took against the Loyalists, they violated their unalienable rights, these actions also allowed for history to repeat itself through the civil war in 1861.

The Revolutionary War had impacts on all of the states and colonies as well as England and the British. Although many things had to come in play before the war came to an end. Also all of these events impacted everything as whole, even the smallest skirmishes and battles. Things like economy changed as well as things in political or social standpoints. In the end of the war everyone was changed whether it was for better or for worse. In the state of North Carolina lots of changes were made to make it the way it is now. Without some battles, documents or even small things like rants or riots the war would not have ended or changed the way it did.

With the end of the French and Indian War came an influx of new taxes on the British American colonies. Beginning with the Proclamation Line of 1763, resentment of Parliament grew. Where colonists had once been proud Britons, and enjoyed “the British system of government—with its limited government and respect for the rights of the individual”, many now were frustrated and felt crushed under the boot of tyranny (Document 3). These are sentiments that drive the narrative of the Revolutionary War today; most non-historians see the war for independence as an organized rebellion of a united people against an oppressive, tyrannical government. Evidence suggests, however, that the Founding Fathers overstated the “death, desolation, and tyranny” they

Doing the research from the ten different documents, the conclusion drew from it was that the revolutionary war was not so revolutionary. The research gotten from the documents supports this claim because as big as it was to to split away from a huge empire, not much changed. The only things that really changed was just rights and equality after years. For example, in document 3, there was someone who was not rich and they were playing pool with other rich people after the war. This just shows that some equality changed and nothing else that could be huge was like economy, or government since they just used basically the same type of government, but with different rich, white men. Also, document 2 was a part from the Unanimous Declaration of

In my opinion the Boston Tea party, The Intolerable Acts, and The Proclamation were the three main causes of the Revolutionary war. The Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable acts caused some friction but not the most. The main cause that started the war was the intolerable acts.

If you were a loyalist you were hated by the patriots. The patriots were people who wanted to gain independence from Britain. U.S.history.org states, "Patriots subjected loyalists to public humiliation and violence. Many loyalists found their property vandalized, looted, and burned." This shows that the colonists' who were loyalists had a tough life during the American Revolution. So, it wasn't a smart choice to become a loyalist during that time period.

Patriotism defines America like no other continent. The victory of the Seven Years’ War evoked the patriotism in the inhabitants of North America, however, the aftermath of the war led to a series of events that would create a domino effect, resulting in the Revolutionary War. The outset of this domino effect was the taxation passed by the Parliament to reduce the debt after the war, named Stamp Act. The impact of this taxation was extremely poignant since it was the first direct taxation applied to the population of the colony. Through the employment of boycotts as a form of rebellion, Americans manifested that the tax seemed outrageous since it was meant to collect a profit rather than to regulate trade.

After 1776 Loyalists felt the urge to remain allies with Great Britain. This urge came from their own sense of protection and personal gain. Although other American colonists choose a different political standpoint, they were Patriots. They lived for independence and liberty away from the power of the king of Great Britain. However Loyalists supported the king and the traditional ways of Great Britain. American colonists would support Great Britain as Loyalists for their own sense of safety in the colonies, as an escape from embarrassment and failure, and for their own prosperity economically and emotionally. Having the fear of losing their sense of honor and rank, they decided to continue serving Great Britain as Loyalists.

A large percentage of American loyalist shows that this American identity did not develop overnight but grew from American dissatisfaction. Despite the common belief although Loyalists did not believe in independence they did share some common American beliefs. They did think that their rights were being infringed upon but remaining true to conservatives ideals they thought the situation in the colonies was bearable. One loyalist states “But tell me friend, which is better, to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or by three thousand tyrants not a mile away” (D). A common loyalist belief was that it was better to be ruled by a tyrant colonists are used to rather than many new tyrants and ideas. Never the less, the fact that even loyalist recognized this oppression shows that the popular opinion of British maltreatment was very present in the colonies. On the other hand, in a book by

Although the Revolution period between the years of 1776 - 1783 had established the unity of the States to become the United States, an extremely important matter had not been dealt with by the people. In 1861, this matter was addressed in a devastating battle that lasted for over four years. This war became known as the largest and highly destructive battle between the years of 1815 and 1914. A battle that would either determine if the nation was to be based upon an independent government or a dissoluble confederation. A government that needed to determine if all men were created with an equal right to liberty. On the day of April 12th 1861, a divided nation known as the Confederacy (the South) declared the secession from the United States.

¨The shot heard around the world.¨ This was the start of the revolutionary war at the battle of Lexington and Concord. The revolutionary war was the war that gave us are independence and we achieved it. There were three main causes of the war. They were, the Proclamation of 1763, the Townshend Acts, and the Boston Massacre.

Many loyalists moved to England after the war ended. A lot of them lost their fortunes and land that they had built up over years in the Americas. In some cases the British government paid them for their loyalty, but it was usually not nearly as much as they had lost. The United States government wanted the loyalists to stay. They felt the new country could use their skills and education. Few stayed, however.