LOYALISTS

BELIEFS

• Wanted peaceful forms of protest
• Believed violence would give rise to mob rule
• Would mean loss of economic benefits from British mercantile system

GENERAL

• Range as high as 500,000/20% white population
• 1/6 Americans were loyalists
• Blacks slaves became loyalists, promised freedom for support

PEOPLE INVOLVED

• Thomas Hutchinson- most hated man in American before Benedict Arnold
• William Franklin- Illegitimate son of Ben Franklin
• Joseph Brant- was a Mohawk war leader who fought on the side of the British

OTHERS PERCEPTION TOWARDS LOYALISTS

• stripped of clothing, covered in tar and feathers and then paraded in public
• Many suffered regular harassment
• had property seized
• were subject to personal attacks

DURING THE REVOLITION

• They were in constant danger of radical patriots
• Lost homes and businesses
• Some went back to Britain, others stayed and helped fight Patriots

AFTER THE REVOLUTION

• About 100,000 left the country (including William Franklin)
• Most settled in Canada
• When loyalists returned, several states excluded them from holding public office

CITATIONS

• Www.let.rug.ni
• http://www.ushistory.org/us/13c.asp
• http://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-declaration-of-independence/famous-loya...
• http://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution/patriots_and_loyalists...