Loyalists Vs Patriots

The revolutionary war was started on April 19, 1775 and ended on September 3, 1783. This war was a fight between the loyalist and the patriots. The Loyalist were a group of people who as in their name was loyal to the king. The Patriots were a group of people who wanted freedom so they moved away and became independent. Between the Loyalist and the Patriots I would have to say the Patriots were better.

Even though America was now completely self-sufficient, there were still people loyal to England. Often referred to as the "Tories", they did not want to abandon their parent country. The loyalists believed that America would never survive without England's protection and guidance. Mather Byles said, "...which is better, to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away, or by three thousand tyrants not a mile away." (The Famous Mather Byles). People like him believed that creating a separate government in America would not solve any problems, but only create more new ones. Others preached that it is a shame to leave their parent country. However, since the loyalists made up a small percentage of the population and were generally rich, the majority of people rarely favored their ideas. Prior to the breakout of the Revolution, many Tories had been tarred and feathered, beaten, or were subjected to other forms of punishment.

At the time they were often called Tories, Royalists or King’s Men. Patriots called them “Persons inimical of the liberties of America.” The Patriots, those who supported the revolution, opposed them. 15% of the loyalists or 65,000-70,000 fled to other parts of the British Empire (SFI five, HISTORY.com). Patriots, who were also known as Rebels, Revolutionaries, Continentals or American-Whigs. They were those colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who violently rebelled against British control during the American Revolution and in July 1776 declared the United States of America an independent

Once again, the colonists were angry that they were being taxed on basic needs. This anger only grew through the Boston Massacre incident, where five colonists were killed, and the Boston Tea Party, where enraged colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. The last straw for the colonists seemed to be the passing of the Coercive Acts, otherwise known as the Intolerable Acts. These acts were created to regulate and basically restrict the colonists to make them realize that Parliament was in control. Colonists did not agree with this act, specifically the Quartering Act which required them to house British soldiers, as well as feed and clothe them. These acts and taxations, along with the violent incidents that occurred in Boston, and a lack of colonial representation in the Parliament caused the colonists to

The loyalists tried to stop the revolution.since the patriots were causing mobs, the loyalists only did peaceful

One raid on the American South was so serious Colonel John Baker had to surrender to the British. Soon after the attack the American Revolutionary War was almost about to happen. Some loyalists remained well..loyal to the British during that time period. The 2 sides as in the east and west side were very royal colonies.

One example being the Boston Massacre in March of 1770. While starting with a crowd of Boston boys and men surrounding a group of British soldiers taunting and cursing them. Soon order was lost and the British took open fire and with several dead and many wounded trust with each other broke even more. With a famous engraving by Paul Revere, that was sent through the colonies, anti-British feelings began to stir. Though the engraving was not an accurate representation of what had really happened. Three years later on December 16 a rally in the Boston harbor took place. This rally, known as the infamous Boston Tea Party, had begun with roughly a hundred Bostonians, disguised in native American garb they tossed the crates filled with British tea into the ocean water. This tea, seen as a symbol to both the rich and poor colonists, was a perfect way to rally against the British for their taxation laws. Though the colonists did not get the reaction they had been wanting. The following year “intolerable acts” had been passed. These acts soon caused a heavy decline in American imports as the harbor had been closed until damages had been paid and order ensured. All previous actions making the already thinning trust begin to thin more and

Life after the Revolution had changed slightly for many individual groups. Many of the Loyalist fled while many individuals gained their “natural rights.”

being a Patriot was a hard thing to hide because there were Loyalists around every corner.

After the French and Indian War, there was a period of change in the British colonies in North America. After receiving much support from the British during the French and Indian War, the people of the colonies began to feel oppressed by the postwar actions of the British. As the British put heavy taxes and restrictions on the colonies, the attitude of the population of these colonies began to shift. Over the next two decades, with more taxes and a larger British military presence, the colonists slowly progressed closer and closer to revolution. The people of the American colonies were justified in eventually taking up arms against the British crown after various attempts to reach a peaceful resolution of their grievances because several pieces

In the year 1764, King George III of Great Britain placed taxes on colonial America causing anger to flourish within the colonies resulting in their rebellion from the British. One-third of the colony wanted independence from Great Britain, the Patriots, while another third decided to stay loyal to the British, the loyalists/tories. The Patriots soon went to war with Britain for their independence, but the rest of the colony was reluctant to join the Patriots’ cause for various reasons. The loyalists were hesitant to join the American Revolution because of the nonideal living location and the British protected them when no one else would.

After many years of neglect by the British, the colonists’ lives soon drastically changed. The British became more involved in the colonies and established unreasonable regulations. Influences by many events, the American colonists knew they had to take action against the British and fight for their independence. The Americans were justified in waging war and breaking away from Britain because of unfair taxes, the social and economic life was harmed, the violation of inalienable rights by the British, and the colonists were not represented in government and treated as citizens.

For a better part of the eighteenth century, the American colonists expressed vexation and disapproval of the "coercive " acts, which the British Government perpetrated on the colony through series of legislative acts by the British Parliament. Prior to the acts that the colonists in America termed as atrocious and oppressive, they were willing to cooperate and reaffirm loyalty to the King of England. Some of the legislations and declarations that colonists participated in was the sustenance of British soldiers in the colony, payment of import tariffs and other forms of taxes to support the British central government. These are but a few, the reasons as to why colonists objected to the mode of British rule in America. Another concern was the "Rights violations" by the English government regarding economic progress and representation. Because of these grievances, British colonists in America stepped up agitation through violation of the "tyrannical" Acts and petitions through the Continental Congress. The essay explores the grievances that Colonists in America held against the British government, in riposte to "My Dear America Cousin" letter.

As a slave I would not want to be a part of the Patriots or the Loyalists, because no matter who I choose both group of people will see me as a slave and not as a person. After being punished for something that she did not do, Isabel went to fetch some water, and encounter some slaves that were arguing about the war. The slaves fought between them and tried to convince themselves and the others which side should they choose the Patriots or the Loyalists. However, an old man said “ British or American, that is not the choice. You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the river Jordan ”(167). I agree with this quote because, that both Patriots and Loyalists owen slaves and treated them

The colonists tried everything they could to avoid bloodshed, whether it entreaty and humble supplication to prostrating themselves in front of the throne, which always ended in hasty negative slight. But after the speeches by these two infamous men, they were done with being subjugated, and were ready to run head first into the storm of which was on its way to the colonists door step.