Who were the people who supported British rule, and what were ...

[frankwu]

Question 1

In response to the question posed in the title of his work, What Is an American?, J. Hector St. John Crvecoeur includes which of the following groups in his definition of an American?
 
  A) anyone born in America
  B) Native Americans
  C) African American slaves
  D) European immigrants to America

Question 2

In what respects was the American Revolutionary War a civil war?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

Who were the people who supported British rule, and what were their reasons for supporting the British side in the American Revolutionary War?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[alvinum]

Answer 1

Answer: D

Answer 2

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. The war pitted Americans against one another.
b. Whigs and Patriots supported independence.
c. Tories and Loyalists supported Britain.
d. The fighting between Patriots and Loyalists was most intense in the backcountry of the Carolinas.
e. At the Battle of Waxhaws, Loyalists attacked Patriots even after Patriots had surrendered.
f. The Battle of Kings Mountain resulted in Patriot reprisals against Loyalists.

Answer 3

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
a. Tories and Loyalists were American colonists who supported British colonial rule.
b. Many of them had served as officials in the British colonial government.
c. William Franklin, for example, had been appointed by King George to serve as the governor of New Jersey.
d. Some accepted General William Howes offer of a pardon in exchange for a pledge of allegiance to Britain.
e. Many slaves accepted Britains offer of freedom in exchange for joining the British side in the war.

[frankwu]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[amcvicar]

Gracias!