Debate Between Patriots And Loyalists
In the aftermath of the war the defeated loyalists fled to other countries mainly canada nova scotia or england.
Debate between patriots and loyalists. Many as frazer. Loyalists charged patriots with doing unto other americans what they claimed britain had done to them. Loyalists vs patriots the arguments loyalists 1 a strong unified british empire is good for all 2 colonist are british subjects and should obey british law 3 taxes are due to pay for the french indian war which was fought to protect the colonies 4 american colonies would be weak without britain 5 colonies profit from trade with england. P loyalists themselves differed though more than a few had criticized british policy while rejecting armed resistance.
A patriot may willingly sacrifice his life for his country because of his love for the. Building on the differences analyzed in the previous section we can identify few other factors that differentiate patriots from loyalists. P p william jones an anglican high churchman described the struggle as a presbyterian war. Patriots and loyalists are two words that are often confused due to the appearing similarity in their meanings when strictly speaking there is some difference between the two words.
Loyalists and patriots debate the american revolution as c. Bradley thompson notes in the liberty fund edition of adam s revolutionary writings. Upon his return from the continental congress in the fall of 1774 adams was met with a series of powerful and lucid essays in the massachusetts gazette defending the principles and policies of. P local committees also operated outside the law which led in seabury s consideration to wanton abuse of power.