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    However, by the end of 1776, the Americans had managed to force the British to leave and evacuate Boston. The revolution had three categories or fractions of people including neutrals, loyalists, and patriots. The Patriots were the revolutionaries which include the Americans during the War. Fifteen to twenty-five percent of the colonists including the King's men or the Tories remained loyal to the British. However, a smaller number of general sizes attempted

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    include taxation after the 7 Years Wars, mini-battles before the war and the Intolerable Acts also had an impact on the colonist’s rage against Britain. The colonist’s representation was taken away and caused outrage. The Sons of Liberty were a Patriot militia group formed to start protests, and to show that the colonists were in charge. The American Revolution was needed for the United States to become a reality. The colonies were unjustly taxed following the French and Indian War. The colonists

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    example, at the time of the Revolutionary War, people had to choose between liberty or life. When the colonies decided to break away from the tyrannical rule of King George the Third, sides had to be chosen. The Patriots, who wanted independence, fought for justice and liberation while the Loyalists wished to stand with Britain. Some chose not to stand on either side and remained neutral. Through threats and violent attacks, people were forced to choose a side. In the novel My Brother Sam Is Dead, it describes

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    The historiography of the American Revolution can be primarily seen in four different perspectives. Founders Chic historians are concerned with the characters of the founding fathers. Loyalist historians focus on the mass exodus of the loyalists before and during the American Revolution. African American historians focus on contributions made by African Americans during the American Revolution, and finally Imperial historians are concerned with the British perspective and British colonial policy

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    an uncontrolled enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law of nature, equally with any other man, or number of men in the world...” I do not feel equal in any way, shape, or form. Therefore, I will demand liberty from both the Patriots and Loyalists because I am just as important to this colony as all of you are. The women, slaves, and landless labors all contribute in some aspect rather it be big or small. We buy your goods, shine your boots, farm your land, and much more. If we were

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    clapping against the road, with laughter coming from their mouths. Dogs barking, horses pulling away from their riders. Everything is so busy and loud. You can barely hear yourself think. Shouts come from a small house across the road. “You stupid Loyalists! The King is taking control

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    Welcome fellow colonists, we are gathered here to discuss the issue about Great Britain and our colonies. In recent events, Patriots have felt that Great Britain was being unfair towards us and were putting themselves before us. This is not true. On behalf of the Loyalists, I believe that we should not break away from Britain, and we should stay loyal to them, as they were to us. We come from the almighty nation of Great Britain that allowed us freedom and saved us multiple times. The King permitted

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    During the eighteenth century, Great Britain was a mighty empire. The British began to immigrate to the New World to settle it and, in some cases, escape conflicts that they faced as Englishmen. Prior to the Seven Years’ War, a war fought between the French and English, the colonists benefitted from salutary neglect, in which taxes existed, but were not enforced. The English won the war, but was left with a devastating debt. Because they had protected the turf of the American colonists during the

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    DBQ -- To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution? A single colony cannot depart from its mother country and lead a revolution; only a whole united nation, such as that of the American colonies, could successfully detach themselves from Mother England. One must take into consideration that up until the eve of revolution, much had happened in the time era of 1607-1776, where the British were still very involved in the

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    French and the Indians it was actually fought between the French and the British while the Indians were divided between the two. During the American Revolution there were two groups of people. Loyalists and Patriots. Loyalists were the people who stood by the British during the American Revolution. The Loyalists, "wanted to pursue peaceful forms of protest because they believed that violence would give rise to mob rule or tyranny. They also believed that independence would mean the

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