Loyalist

Cicero’s persuasive knowledge works for the goal of establishing political power because he tries to convince the Catiline loyalists left that he is only doing what is right for the Republic by exiling Catiline. Cicero states…

country. Benedict Arnold’s father was a drunk, so Arnold wanted to restore his family name to whatever the cost, but instead he ruined it. The Pennsylvania Council had been closely investigating his actions. Benedict Arnold was constantly going to Loyalists’ houses, dancing with the women, and having parties with them. Benedict Arnold used George Washington selfishly to be in charge of West Point, one of the most important forts in America. In the reply of Washington saying that he wanted to…

many concerns was the threat posed by the newly minted United States and that they may, in the future want to annex the Canadas. He added to the population of Upper Canada by augmenting the regulations to include disaffected Americans that were not Loyalists. Hence, the population in and around the Niagara Region blossomed as the 18th Century closed. The Jennings further adding to the score by having Edward in…

Colonists: Loyalists or Americans The colonists who lived in the thirteen colonies known as America mainly originated from England and thought of themselves to be loyal to the British Empire. However the continental congress formed acts which in return questioned the British authority, after the French and Indian war the British parliament began to increase taxation policies. Consequently, between the time period of 1705 to 1776 colonists dramatically moved away from being a loyalist(those…

Before the American Colonies were on the verge of independence, almost the entirety of of the colonies’ population wanted nothing but a reconciliation with Britain. It was not until a man by the name Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet entitled Common Sense that the colonists were fully swayed onto the revolutionary side. Made for the common man, this pamphlet was used as more than just a tool to begin the shifting of the tides towards patriots; it was one of the first extremely successful published…

Aphra Behn's novel Oroonoko: A True History (1688) is a work of travel fiction that is split between two narrative voices; beginning with a first person narrative supported by Behn's interesting use of personal voice and progressing to the third person observations of Oroonoko as both a prince and as a slave, Behn creates a realistic and somewhat believable piece of fiction. As a result of this duo narrative, the perspectives of the narrative voices dominate the text, and therefore influence the…

Britain, arguably the world’s strongest power at the time, to drastically change their strategic course of action. The British chose to focus their strategy on gaining support from loyalists in the southern states, which proved to be a miserable failure because the British had greatly overestimated the amount of loyalists. Instead, the British strategic course of action should have been to focus…

The American Revolution is notoriously known as the birth of our great countries’ independence from England. In this time thirteen colonies rose up to stop the unfair treatment that they had been receiving from British monarchy and aristocracy. The thirteen colonies which were primarily under English control had declared themselves independent and renamed themselves the United States of America. This rebellion is probably the most important thing is U.S. history and yet most people still…

Silliman is a perfect example of one of these people and her struggle throughout the movie with both political officials and her fellow townspeople suggests that the lives of almost everyone in colonial America were affected some how whether you were a loyalist, a patriot, or neutral. The film is also accurate in the way that it portrays the patriots' behavior towards neutral people such as Mary Silliman. After her husband is taken hostage by a group of Tories, Mary Silliman begins a campaign to…

If you have ever wondered how the United States of America became the independent nation we now are it is because of The Treaty of Paris that was signed on September 3rd 1783. This treaty ended the Revolutionary War as well as setting up new boundaries, and noticing America’s independence. As you might know, the Revolutionary War was a war fought between Great Britain and the United States. The United States wanted independence from England. France and Spain were also involved in the…