Loyalists, Patriots, Redcoats, and Turncoats · 2019. 10. 30. · Loyalists fled the colonies during the Revolution. Types of punishments: forbidding them from holding office, disenfranchising

Loyalists, Patriots, Redcoats, and

TurncoatsBy: Taryn, Abi, and Alyssa

Loyalists

❖ Choosing sides➢ The signing of the Declaration of Independence

made the rebellion a full-scale revolt against Britain.■ Those who supported it would be considered

traitors.❖ Colonists who chose to side with the British were known

as Loyalists ➢ Often called “Tories” or “King’s Men”➢ Historians estimate that 20 to 30 percent were

Loyalists

British Loyalism Symbol

❖ Because of the persecution by Patriots, more than 50,000-100,000 Loyalists fled the colonies during the Revolution.➢ Types of punishments:

■ forbidding them from holding office, disenfranchising them, and confiscating or heavily taxing their property.

➢ Most went to Canada, where Britain allowed them more self-rule after the Revolution.■ In doing so, they abandoned their homes and property.

➢ Dividing allegiances tore apart families and friendships

Etching showing atrocities against Loyalists.

Atrocities: an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or injury.

❖ Loyalists were most numerous in the South, New York, and Pennsylvania, but they did not constitute a majority in any colony.➢ New York was their stronghold and had more than any other

colony.➢ New England had fewer loyalists than any other colony.

Engraving showing the American treatment of loyalists, who were denied freedom of speech and

often had their property confiscated or burned.

Patriots

❖ Colonists who chose to fight for independance from Great Britain were known as Patriots➢ They were the colonists who agreed with Patrick

Henry➢ Patrick Henry returned from congress and reported to

the people from Virginia■ He encouraged them to support the Patriot cause

❖ Patrick Henry said these famous words➢ “They tell us, Sir, that we are weak; unable to cope

with so formidable an adversary. But when will we be stronger? Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace---but there is no peace. I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.”

Patrick Henry

Patriots in the revolutionary war

Redcoats

❖ British Soldiers➢ Colonists, for some time, called the soldiers Redcoats

■ These soldiers got their name from the bright red jackets they wore

❖ In April 1775, British forces attempted to march from Boston to Lexington and Concord, in order to seize supplies that the colonials had stored there for their local militiamen➢ Americans also attacked the British at their fort at

Ticonderoga, in New York.➢ Ticonderoga was a major control point overlooking a

strategic lake that could be used to transport goods;

British at

Lexington and

concord

RedcoatsAt

BunkerHill

Turncoats

❖ A person who deserts one party or cause in order to join an opposing one is called a Turncoat➢ Benedict Arnold was an American Revolutionary War

general best known for his defection from the Continental Army to the British side of the conflict in 1780.

➢ Benedict Arnold gained access to even more sensitive information. He began weakening the fort’s defenses, refusing to order necessary repairs and draining its supplies.

Benedict Arnold

The turncoats in the Revolutionary War

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❖ “Loyalist.” Edited by Gloria Lotha and Veenu Setia, Encyclopædia Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, 6 Dec. 2016, www.britannica.com/topic/loyalist.

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