patriot
The colonists that wanted to break away from Great Britain were called 'Whigs'. They were also called 'Patriots'. The people who didn't want to were called 'Tories' or 'Loyalists'. The nicknames 'Whigs' and 'Tories' are borrowed from the Reformation period when England was divided about splitting from the Church of England.
Colonists or rebels, depending on which side you were on...
Colonial rebels
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The Australian republic
The Sons of Liberty
America
We called them 'patriots'. The British called them 'rebels'.
"Patriots" was the name given to the Colonists who fought for independence. Loyalists aka. "Tories", were those Colonists who remained "loyal" to King George III i.e. England.
The booklet is titled Common Sense.
The patriots were for independence. Those who were loyal to the king were called loyalists.
The Declaration of Independence lays out the charges the colonists are making against England. It goes on to state what the colonists, via the Founders, believed to be our most important natural rights.
Declaration of Independence.
Loyalists
The Declaration of Independence
We called them 'patriots'. The British called them 'rebels'.
They were called rebels or patriots, depending on who you talked to.
England, a country that was a part of Great Britain.
They were called Loyalists
They would be called rebels
Were called Loyalists.
They were called Loyalists.
"Patriots" was the name given to the Colonists who fought for independence. Loyalists aka. "Tories", were those Colonists who remained "loyal" to King George III i.e. England.
An American colonist who remained loyal to King George III was known as a Loyalist or a Tory (plural "Tories"). "Tory" is also a name applied to Conservative political parties in the UK and Canada.