Loyalist

left being carried out by the colonists. The apparent aggressor to the victims, is the British soldiers in red, towards the right. I believe Paul solely carved this to persuade loyalists to be revolutionaries, and to fight for a governmental change. It appealed indefinitely towards neutral audiences (as well as the loyalists who were previously mentioned). Paul Revere's carving is historically inaccurate. Of the five colonists killed that day, a black ship captain by the name of Crispus…

Americans got the freedom brought on by the American Revolution. During this time, many Americans were deprived of basic rights in the name of liberty. The loyalist for example who retained their allegiance to the crown, were among one of those group of people that experienced the conflict and its aftermath with the loss of liberty. Loyalist experienced suppression and assaults, properties were seized, and there was banishment for these people. Furthermore, with the approval of Congress, many…

With husbands off fighting women were drawn into the war, even if they had no desire to be a part of it many still felt its brutal shock. Loyalists reaped the consequences of hostilities from the past that were also brought into the war. Native Americans joined the war to save the lifestyle they had become accustomed to and African Americans joined in search of their freedom. The Revolution…

In the early 1800s, the British tolerated everyone who was not part of the British Empire. It did not matter to them whether someone was European or carried different beliefs; they simply wanted bodies to populate the large country. They encouraged colonization to keep more for themselves rather than giving it away to the Americans to the south. The British believed that anyone could have been a threat at the time, and so they settled with keeping everyone separated. They built a colony based on…

Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution through British Eyes by Christopher Hibbert is a novel told from the point of view of the British. It breaks the normal tradition of telling the American Revolution from the point of view of the Americans. Instead, the Redcoats and the British are portrayed as the protagonists. However, the storytelling was neutral and didn’t tell anything apart from fact. The history went in chronological order in order to better tell the story. The book was…

The crown symbolizes the power since no one is wearing it, it is not corrupt or good. One of the pictures depicts a man and a woman arguing about the Revolution, the man is a Loyalist, someone who wants to the US to stay under Britain's control; while the woman is a Patriot, she wants the US to break out of Britain's manipulation. In the background of the man’s picture is blue while the women’s is red. The colors blue and red make purple, which is one of the colors of the jewels (In the crown),…

Americans were primarily slaves and lacked little to no rights at all. When the war began it came with opportunities for the enslaved negro communities. The British were promising freedom to slaves as incentive in exchange for fighting towards the Loyalist cause. Many slaves were brought into the New America against their will and were brought into a hard life of manual labor and racism…

Americans Divided: • The decision to be independent separated many opinions. Around 20%-30% supported the British, while 40%-45% were Patriots, and the rest were neutral. Many colonists didn’t support the Revolution. Ben Franklin’s son joined the Loyalists. • New England and Virginia had many Patriots.…

Loyalists were “colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolutionary War” (170). Those that remained as a loyalists had received punishments, such as house arrest and while those who fled the country had their property confiscated. However, if the wife remained, the court would allow her to keep one-third…

their efforts southward in America. The new commander of the British army in America was General Sir Henry Clinton. There was less Loyalists in the south than originally thought by General Sir Henry Clinton. The British efforts forced some undecided colonists the support and join the Patriots. The British and Loyalist soldiers acted harshly and allowed some Loyalists to switch and support the Patriots as well. In November of 1778, the British attacked Savannah, Georgia. This was the…