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A 4 page paper which examines the colonists who remained faithful to the British during the American Revolution, discussing the reasons behind their choice, and the consequences of this loyalty during and after the war. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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American Revolution. Nearly 20 percent of those residents, totaling nearly 500,000 people, were dubbed "Loyalists" referring to their loyalty to the British government or Tories, which reflected their political
conservative views (Bailyn et al, 1977). Although these loyalists could be found in all social classes and vocations, a particularly high concentration of them occupied the highest political and
social ranks (Bailyn et al, 1977). Many of them had been either government contractors or successful overseas trade merchants that provided a crucial diplomatic and socioeconomic link between Great
Britain and the colonies (Bailyn et al, 1977). It becomes easy to understand why such powerful men would be opposed to the Revolution. They had no interest in
rocking what was for them a very profitable boat (Van Tyne, 1929). They did not think that the imposition of a Stamp Act or three-cent tax on tea should
result in war. They were faithful to the monarchy they believed was responsible for their prosperity (Van Tyne, 1929). These loyalists could also not comprehend what the American
patriot decried was the British "taxation without representation" because the colonial trade class did have colonial representation in the House of Commons (Van Tyne, 1929). Those who remained loyal
to the reign of George III were incapable of grasping the liberal concept of individual representation for they regarded themselves as a collection of subjects under the protection of the
Crown (Van Tyne, 1929). While these loyalists may have believed that some reform of the existing system was in order, it hardly justified combat. There were still others
that wished to remain British subjects because they were opposed to the war on religious grounds. Several of the colonists that settled in the North were Anglicans that were
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