Compare And Contrast The Loyalists And Loyalists During The Revolutionary War
During the Revolutionary war, there were sides that were either of the revolution or against. Those who were for, were called patriots. They managed to take control of local governments to punish those against the war and enforce restrictions against them. On the other hand, the loyalists, for the most part, were members of the elite class who had economical and cultural ties with England. The most prominent loyalist included royal officials such as judges, governors, and customs officials, wealthy merchants, conservative lawyers, but some were also ordinary colonists, Carolina farmers and tenant farmers of the Hudson River valley, as well as southern