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• Prior to 1775, many of these Patriots were active in the , an organization formed
to protect the of the colonists from the British government. They are best known
for initiating the in 1773.
What is republicanism
• Loyalists were American colonists who supported the during the American
Revolutionary War.
• The Loyalists, like the rebels, criticized such British actions as the and the
Acts. Loyalists wanted to pursue forms of protest because they
believed that violence would give rise to mob rule or . They also believed that
independence would mean the loss of derived from membership in
the British mercantile system.
• Sympathy for the Crown was a dangerous sentiment; those who defied the revolutionary forces
could find themselves without . Loyalist property
was vandalized and often .
What role did women play?
• One of the most common ways that women supported the war effort was by
making , home-made cloth that took on revolutionary after
the colonies-imposed on British goods, including textiles.
• During the American Revolution, the newly proclaimed United States competed with the British
for the of American first nations east of the River.
• Most American first nations who joined the struggle sided with the , based
both on their relationships and hopes that colonial defeat would result in a halt to
further colonial .
• Other native communities were over which side to in the war and
others wanted to remain .
• The only Iroquois tribes to ally with the colonials were the .