1. American Revolution: The Loyalist Perspective
Growing up, we are taught that the Revolutionary war was a necessary war with unmistakable objectives and was fervently fought by all Americans in an effort to rise up against the tyranny of British rule. ... Although, there are no accurate numbers of how many American colonists remained "loyal" to the British during the American Revolution, it is indisputable that support for the war was far from universal. ... (Adams, 110) Due to these opposing forces within the colonies, the American "Revolution" could be more accurately described as a civil war, pitting neighbor against neighbor in a bru...
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