A Crossroads Resource

Unit IV: What was the American Revolution? 1760-1836

Question/Problem 2: Was the American Revolution a revolution?

American Revolution:
Reading B: Loyalists

Many colonists opposed the war with Great Britain. Some were called "Loyalists" because they remained loyal to Great Britain during the war. The excerpts, found on pages 30 and 380 of Kenneth Robert's novel _Oliver Wiswell_ (New York: Doubleday, Doran, & Company, 1940), show a probable Loyalist view of the American Revolution. Read those pages and answer the question below. (Permission to reprint passage denied.)

Question: What changes did Loyalists in the colonies hope to achieve during the American Revolution?

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