Patriots and Loyalist

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• You're 25 years old, living by yourself in an apartment in

Charlotte, NC. Your parent/guardian calls you one night from Georgetown to request a few things:

– S/he wants you to eat better, so please stop eating junk food and fast food.

– S/he would feel better if you were home early each night, so please be in by 10 PM at night, every night.

– S/he would like a better car, so please send $100 a month to help with car payments.

How would you feel about her/him telling you to do this?

Would you -

do it?

do some of it?

say you'd do it, but not do it?

not do any of it?

Why?

PATRIOTS LOYALISTS

Patriots

• Supported the Continental and Provincial congress

• Supported independence from the King

• Political leaders were wealthy, white men, landowners

• Supported the American 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

• Lived in the Low Country

• Supported the Continental and Provincial congress

• Supported independence from the King

• Political leaders were wealthy, white men, landowners

• Supported the American

Revolution

• Volunteered as soldiers to fight in militias with partisan groups

LOYALISTS

• a.k.a-Tories

• Most lived in the Up

Country

• Did not want government interference

• Supporters of the King and

Parliament

• More in SC than in any other colony (except New

York)

Wednesday Non-Fiction Writing

Prompt: 10/30/13

• 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?

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