THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
BRITISH LOYALISTS VS AMERICAN PATRIOTS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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famous loyalists
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famous patriots
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famous neutrals
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famous landmarks
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Detailed explanation-1: -One famous Loyalist is Thomas Hutchinson, a leading Boston merchant from an old American family, who served as governor of Massachusetts. Viewed as pro-British by some citizens of Boston, Hutchinson’s house was burned in 1765 by an angry crowd protesting the Crown’s policies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Not everyone who opposed independence did so for economic reasons. Just like Revolutionaries, the ranks of Loyalists included farmers, shopkeepers, and artisans, but some of them were distrustful of the movement for independence. They felt that it was being led by wealthy gentry that they had little in common with.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Revolutionary War split the people of the American colonies into two groups: the loyalists and the patriots.
Detailed explanation-4: -“No taxation without representation!” “Give me liberty or give me death!” “Rulers have no authority from God to do mischief.” The slogans and the basic arguments of those Americans who rebelled against the British government in 1776 are familiar not only to scholars but also to generations of schoolchildren.