South Carolina Provincials: Loyalists in the British Service During the American RevolutionStacy, JamesJournal of America's Military Past
In Charleston, Loyalists were desperate for skilled horsemen who could work as scouts and raiders, plundering Patriot homes for supplies. TheBlack Dragoons, an armed Black cavalry company led by white officerBenjamin Thompson, emerged to fill this need....
The Royal Highland Emigrants were a regiment of British loyalists who served in Canada during the American Revolution. Article content The $5,000 grant for the flag’s conservation was recently awarded by the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, which involves entities in parts of New Yor...
During the hour-and-a-half stalemate, patience wore thin on both sides. Leslie held brief counsel with his lieutenants, thentold the onlookers, “I am determined to pass over this bridge before I return to Boston, if I remain here until next autum...
and that the loyalists “were killed on orders being to give them Buford’s play.” Buford’s play or Tarleton’s Quarter were used by patriot troops after the May 29th massacre of American troops during the Battle of Waxhaws; meaning to take no prisoners and kill all...
A chaotic Gloucester was abandoned by the loyalists on December 15 when the Welsh syndicalist army reached the city, and Bristol followed on January 8 as the Parliamentarians did not wish to be surrounded. The men of the Cardiff Commune marched into the city the following day, greeted by ...
History American Revolution What advantages and disadvantages did the British have during the War of Independence?Question:What advantages and disadvantages did the British have during the War of Independence?British EmpireThe British Empire, at its peak, was the largest empire eve...
Why did European nations support the colonists rather than Great Britain during the American Revolution? Why is the Treaty of Paris of 1783 important? What reasons might loyalists have had to support Great Britain? Why was winning the Battle of Trenton so important? Why did Britain win the...
Main articles: American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Decolonization of the Americas, British North America, History of Canada (1763–1867), and War of 1812 During the 1760s and early 1770s, relations between the Thirteen Colonies and Britain became increasingly strained, primarily because ...
This was called the American Revolution. However, not all colonists agreed to do this. About ten percent of the colonists were loyal to the King. They were called Loyalists. About forty percent wanted to declare independence from the British. They were called Patriots. The other fifty percent ...