THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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patriot
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indentured servant
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loyalist
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smuggler
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Detailed explanation-1: -Loyalists were those in the colonies who remained loyal to the British crown during the. American war for independence. They were also known as King’s Men, Tories, and Royalists.
Detailed explanation-2: -loyalist, also called Tory, colonist loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution. Loyalists constituted about one-third of the population of the American colonies during that conflict.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dr Myles Cooper and Dr Charles Inglis were two prominent loyalists in New York. They retained their allegiance to King George III and the British Government during the American revolutionary period and War of Independence (1775-1783).
Detailed explanation-4: -Vocabulary: Loyalist-a colonist who supported the crown/king of England • Patriot-a colonist who rejected British rule over the colonies during the American Revolution Activity: 1.