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I. Choosing Sides
A. Nova Scotia and The Caribbean
1. Despite the victory in the Seven Years War, the British still feared a counter-attack from the French. The English sought to place troops and naval vessels within their borders.
2. With such large numbers of slaves to masters, the sugar planters feared uprisings from their slaves. This fright resonated even more with the planters, in the absence of British soldiers.
3. In the mid-1770s, the West Indian planters were able to get exemption from these taxes, except for some of the laws of the Townshend Acts.
B. Patriots
1. Many residents of the thirteen colonies, with different intentions, decided to support resistance to the British, but not independence. These were still considered patriots because they did not support the British.
2. In the 1760s, the patriots had different goals of why to seek such radical change – many wanted political reform, others wanted no change in government, and others sought change in social and economic fields.
3. The events from the Coercive Acts to the fighting in Massachusetts solidified the mindset of the Americans.
C. Loyalists
1. Approximately, one-fifth of the European Americans were loyal to Great Britain, rejecting the idea of independence.
2. Most of the minorities that were subordinated joined forces with the merchants and formed the loyalist core.
3. During the war, the loyalists remained in the cities the British troops occupied. When the British left these city posts, the loyalists would follow or scatter around for refuge.
D. Neutrals
1. Two-fifths of the British American population was stuck in the middle of the loyalists and the patriots – they were the neutrals. Many of those that tried to remain neutral were pacifists like the Quakers.
2. The patriots saw those that were apathetic or neutral as their opposition as well, because they were not supporting their own side. They were seen as a group against them.
3. Policies instituted by the patriots did not allow for the scattered and persecuted to form bands and retaliate. This was done to minimize the threat faced by the patriots in their revolutionary plan.
E. Slaves
1. In New England, the few bondspeople that were still there, sided with the revolutionary cause that was widespread. They joined the local patriot militias.
2. In November of the year 1775, a new problem was faced by the patriots – indentured servants and slaves were offered their freedom if they joined the loyalist force. Virginia’s royal governor, Lord Dunmore was the one to offer this incentive.
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