I need to get some information on the tories/loyalists that stayed on the side of the British during the revolutionary war.
2006-10-30 17:14:45 · 7 answers · asked by Rin 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
I need to get some information on the tories/loyalists that stayed on the side of the British during the revolutionary war.
(Thanks for all the answers, you helped alot! :D )
2006-10-30 17:31:05 · update #1
THey were sometimes forced to.
2006-10-30 17:17:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because they WERE British -- even the ones who broke away still thought of themselves as British. Many of them were happy or prospering under the current conditions and saw no reason to change. The Revolution is very romantisized now and we look on it like it was destiny and anyone who opposed it at the time must have been completely nuts. But to whom would you remain loyal if your state decided to break away from the US? For general info try looking up the American Revolution in wikipedia. www.wikipedia.org
2006-10-30 17:25:34 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of them were in the wealthier class and benefited the most from Britain. Some maybe were afraid to go against a powerful nation so didn't want to fight them. Maybe some thought the colonist were just whiny and too cheap to pay tax to the nation that supported them.
2006-10-30 17:24:46 · answer #3 · answered by apuleuis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the most difficulty-loose time period for those colonists that remained dependable to Britain in the course of the yank Revolution became Loyalist. they are typically referred to as Tories (singular Tory), yet Loyalist is a miles more effective difficulty-loose time period.
2016-12-05 09:36:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wikkipedia is your friend.
"Some sought to recover fortunes (land and private property) lost under laws enacted by the Continental Congress as a way of financing the revolution. Most are believed, however, to have fled north because they personally rejected the republican and "excessively democratic" ideals driving the American Revolution, which they regarded as anarchistic. "
2006-10-30 17:22:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't do people's homework, sorry.
However, here is a good resource.
http://www.answers.com/topic/loyalist-american-revolution
2006-10-30 17:25:10 · answer #6 · answered by The Count 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋