EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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Along the Coast
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The Low Country
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Charles Town
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The Back Country
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Detailed explanation-1: -Loyalists were most numerous in the South, New York, and Pennsylvania, but they did not constitute a majority in any colony. New York was their stronghold and had more than any other colony.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many outspoken or militarily active Loyalists were forced to flee, especially to their stronghold of New York City.
Detailed explanation-3: -At least five thousand South Carolinians took up arms against the Whig government during the Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -Every colony had Loyalists. South Carolina had the second largest population of Loyalists; New York had the most. As a result, the Revolution was not just a war between the colonies and Great Britain. It was also a civil war within the colonies.