The colonists started to resist by boycotting, or not buying, British goods. Why were there more loyalists in the south? Unfortunately, many of the slaves who were promised freedom by the British were sold into slavery in the West Indies. The Backcountry (Upcountry) of South Carolina had ...
“Violence was not necessarily accepted as a regular feature of politics, but there was an understanding that it might be part of politics as a last resort,” explains Benjamin L. Carp a historian at Brooklyn College and author of the 2010 book Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party...
Learn more about this topic: British Loyalists vs. Patriots | Overview & History from Chapter 4 / Lesson 5 366K Learn about the American Revolution, specifically the Loyalists and Patriots. Understand what each side represented and what ultimately happened to the Loyalists after the Ame...