1 / 5

Loyalists vs. Patriots

Loyalists vs. Patriots. Who is who in this War????. Loyalists- Who are they?. Americans who felt a deep loyalty, ____________, to Great Britain. Felt they were faithful subjects of the king. Shocked that fellow Colonists would want to fight against their home land and British troops.

micah
Download Presentation

Loyalists vs. Patriots

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Loyalists vs. Patriots Who is who in this War????

  2. Loyalists- Who are they? • Americans who felt a deep loyalty, ____________, to Great Britain. • Felt they were faithful subjects of the king. • Shocked that fellow Colonists would want to fight against their home land and British troops.

  3. Why be a Loyalist? • Felt Britain protected them from other nations. • Trade with Britain opened trade with other countries.

  4. Patriots- Who are they? • Americans who believed that the colonies had the right to govern themselves. • Also known as the group that joined and supported the rebels. (those people going against the king)

  5. Why be a Patriot? • Wanted to control how they were being taxed. • Felt that the King of Britain was not listening to their desires, needs.

More Related