THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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Question
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Large numbers of Loyalist in South Carolina
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The Spanish in the west would come to their aid.
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The Patriots would not fight for the state.
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They thought slaves would revolt.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What made the British think they would get help in South Carolina? The Spanish in the west would come to their aid.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Revolutionary War, Britain assumed that the Southern colonies would aid their cause. This assumption relied on the large number of Tories, ethnicity, the presence of slavery and the benefit gained from the presence of British troops.
Detailed explanation-3: -Loyalists, often called Tories, were loyal to the crown for several reasons. They were mostly upper class and lived in cities and wanted to keep their wealth and land. Many had valuable ties with the British or jobs in the royal government.
Detailed explanation-4: -Most were compensated with Canadian land or British cash distributed through formal claims procedures. Loyalists who left the US received over £3 million or about 37% of their losses from the British government. Loyalists who stayed in the US were generally able to retain their property and become American citizens.
Detailed explanation-5: -As such, two years after Loyalists’ property was confiscated and many were banished from the state, the South Carolina General Assembly readmitted most of the Loyalists-effectively reassimilating them into the fabric of society-without imposing many governmental impositions.