1. PATRIOTS VS LOYALISTS

2. Patriots
Loyalist also known as Torries)
American Colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain
15%-20% of population
Many fled back To Britain at start of Revolution
Usually wealthy and older
Those who wanted to break away from British rule
Middle to lower classes
“ordinary”

4. It is essential to the freedom and security of a free people, that no taxes be imposed upon them but by their own consent or their representatives. For “What property have they in that which another may, by right, take when he pleases to himself?”