THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
BRITISH LOYALISTS VS AMERICAN PATRIOTS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Loyalist
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Patriot
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -They had to pay high taxes to the king. They felt that they were paying taxes to a government where they had no representation. They were also angry because the colonists were forced to let British soldiers sleep and eat in their homes. The 13 original states.
Detailed explanation-2: -While the reigns of George I and II had been marked by a royal detachment from the administration of American colonies, King George III asserted his claim on the colonies strenuously. The king saw the relationship of Britain and America as that of a parent to a child. A disobedient child, of course, must be punished.
Detailed explanation-3: -Patriots saw King George III as a tyrant who ruled unfairly, imposed unfair taxes, and used deadly violence against colonists in the Boston Massacre.
Detailed explanation-4: -On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution “that these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states.” They appointed a Committee of Five to write an announcement explaining the reasons for independence.