PATRIOTS
LOYALISTS
Patriots
• Supported the Continental and Provincial
congress
• Supported independence from the King
• Political leaders were wealthy, white men,
landowners
• Supported the Am Revolution
• Lived in the Low Country
• Volunteered as soldiers to fight in militias with
partisan groups
Loyalist
• a.k.a-Tories
• Supporters of the King and Parliament
• More in SC than in any other colony
(except New York)
• Did not want to government interference
• Felt safe and taken care of with the king
• Most lived in the up country
• Did not want change
PATRIOTS
LOYALISTS
• Supported the Continental
and Provincial congress
• Supported independence
from the King
• Political leaders were
wealthy, white men,
landowners
• Supported the Am
Revolution
• Lived in the Low Country
• Volunteered as soldiers to
fight in militias with
partisan groups
• a.k.a-Tories
• Supporters of the King and
Parliament
• More in SC than in any
other colony (except New
York)
• Did not want to
government interference
• Most lived in the Up
Country
Thursday Non-Fiction Writing
Prompt: 11/1/12
• Directions: Copy down prompt and use
the TAG strategy to answer the
questions. (Response should be at
least 4 sentences or more)
• What were the names of the two groups
colonists were called during the
American Revolution? What were their
differences?