Loyalist

paper will examine the British and American Southern Loyalist defeat in the Battle of Kings Mountain and discuss the assumptions the British made including loyalist support, logistic support, and terrain advantage. Introduction The Battle of King’s Mountain between the American Loyalist and American Patriots took place on October 7, 1780 near Blackburn, South Carolina and Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Major Patrick Ferguson’s American Loyalist augmented to the Ninety-Six District, South Carolina

Sijan Karki HIST 111 Prof. Kreller 9/25/14 History Fictional Essay as a Loyalist 06/03/1780 Today was the day a man who fled to London with me on the same ship passed away. Thomas Hutchinson, was great man with a vision. He was a businessman, historian, and a politician. The news of his demise made my old memories fresh again. I still remember those days I spent on the place now they called The United States. The war between the English and the Americans began from 1775.

Every week I learn more and more things that I only thought I knew! I didn’t know of all of the things that lead up to the beginning of the American War for Independence; the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, etc. From the first shots and Lexington and Concord, in 1775, to the defeat of Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781; the American’s wanted their country and were willing to fight to the death for it. I didn’t realize that so many of the battles were fought in

tactics to convince the Loyalists. These tactics were used to add flow to his speech, to depict vivid images in his audience's’ minds, to give supporting evidence to his argument, and many more. In Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention,” Henry was able to convince the Loyalists to go to war with Britain with his use of rhetorical devices including allusions, imagery, parallelism, and ethical appeal. One of the rhetorical devices Henry uses to convince the Loyalists to go to war with Britain

was treating them badly. Documnet 1, Boston Massachuer, shows the Loyalost and the Patrioits fighting. The piuter proves that the Patriots wanted freedom from England. Because the patriots belive that the Loyalist have more weapons then them. And the Loyalist also have less people died, the Loyalist also look trained and have more members. This expalins that they wanted to break away because Engalnd is putting their tim and money down on the Loyaslit and not spilting it eqalu with the Patriots.This

Chapter 8, America Secedes From The Empire Introduction Minute Men swarmed around the British in the April of 1775, at Lexington & Concord Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia the next month All 13 colonies were represented Wanted to continue fighting in hope that the King would consent to a redress of grievances Also adopted measures to raise money for a army and navy Congress Drafts George Washington He was tall, powerfully built,Virginian planter Washington lost more battles than he

sufficient advantage of the loyalists. The first reason Colonial America won the Revolutionary War was because the Colonists had many ordinary people fighting for their cause. There were thousands of farmers, artisans, and laborers spread over a vast area to fight with them. The Revolution’s support cut across region, religion, and social rank. Both men and women took part in politics. The war would have failed without their support during the

happened thus far, an effect of the colonist being fed up with Britain has resulted in the separation of colonist into three different groups. Introduction of lesson objectives and what the students will be learning. • Today we will be learning about Loyalist, Patriots and Neutralist, what they believed as well as their similarities and differences. Pass out Nystrom worksheet and tell student to get their Nystrom book out. Give direction and expectations for the activity. • You will be working with your

In his “Speech in the Virginia Convention” Patrick Henry persuades loyalist to fight England through several main rhetorical devices like parallelism,ethos and imagery. Patrick Henry convinced so many people to fight and used all these smart devices in order to help save his home. Through parallelism Patrick Henry creates rhythm to get to the loyalist. An example would be “ liberty or give me death.” Another example of parallelism in his speech is” with petitions we have remonstrated we have supplicated

11a. American and British Strengths and Weaknesses Big question: How did Americans beat Britain on the battlefield? British Strengths and Weaknesses Clear favorite = Britain History of winning Took on and won against military powers France + Spain British military Well funded Plenty of food Organized and lethal State of the art gear No problems with money for soldiers Had Hessians American military Not well funded Little to no supplies Examples: Shoes, blankets Overall support: Natives = for British