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Loyalists

Loyalists. Who were the Loyalists?. 1/3 Loyalists, 1/3 Patriots, 1/3 “on the fence” Royal officials and employees “Friend of the Government” People who stayed silent called “ enemies of the Patriots”. Loyalist Harassment. Patriots inspected homes for imported goods

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Loyalists

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  1. Loyalists

  2. Who were the Loyalists? • 1/3 Loyalists, 1/3 Patriots, 1/3 “on the fence” • Royal officials and employees • “Friend of the Government” • People who stayed silent called “enemies of the Patriots”

  3. Loyalist Harassment • Patriots inspected homes for imported goods • Loyalists put homes at risk • Faced family alienation

  4. Benjamin Rush “There were…Furious Tories who had recourse to violence & even arms…There were ‘Writing and Talking Tories’… ‘Silent but busy Tories’ who are disseminating Tory pamphlets & newspapers and…circulating intelligence…& there are ‘Peacable & conscientious Tories’ who patiently submitted to the measures of the governing powers & who showed nearly equal kindness to the distress of both parties during the war.”

  5. What did Loyalists do during the Revolution? • Signed loyalty oaths to Britain • Did business with British army • Went into exile • Took up arms against Patriots • Tended to live in New York, Carolinas, middle colonies • Tended to be people in religious or cultural minorities • Frontier people

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