Patriots Loyalists Moderates
Loyalists are generally wealthier and more conservative than the patriots.
Patriots loyalists moderates. After patriots tore down the statue of king george iii in new york city on july 9 1776 they melted parts of it down and made bullets to use against the british. Ultimately americans remained loyalists or joined the patriot cause based on which side they thought would best promote their interests. They are more fearful of mob violence threatening their property and their position in the existing social order than of british rule. Loyalists fence sitters and patriots 11b.
Loyalists are generally wealthier and more conservative than the patriots. I would have stayed a loyalist because i need. Prominent merchants in port cities and men with business or family ties to the elite class in great britain tended to remain loyal to the crown whereas patriots were comprised largely of yeoman farmers. Loyalists patriots or moderates who are undecided at the start of the game.
They are more fearful of mob violence threatening their property and their position in the existing social order than of british rule. The lesson begins with a slideshow describing the three camps within the british colonies of what is now part of the united states of america. Many loyalists left the country and went back to britain. This was very ironic because in class during the debate more people became moderates at the end of the day.
The patriots the loyalists and the moderates. Whole reading this i learned tha more people were moderate tha loyalists or patriots. Many of them lost their homes and businesses. They were opposed by the patriots who supported the revolution and called them persons inimical to the liberties of america.
It is impossible to know the exact number of american colonists who favored or opposed independence. Students consider the risks of declaring independence and take a class poll to weigh the various challenges. Some students are elected to the provincial congress and work in one of three factions. White women enslaved people and landless laborers.
Other students are outside of the provincial congress in the crowd. Loyalists who lived in areas controlled by the patriots were in constant danger from radical patriots. Loyalists fence sitters and patriots. 10142015 22 comments due.
Loyalists believe that the colonial grievances do not warrant responses such as boycotts and violent resistance. Paitriots were american colonists who stayed loyal to the british crown during the american revolutionary war often referred to as tories royalists or kings men at the time.