The Loyalist Conscience - Principled Opposition to the American Revolution

Freedom of speech was restricted during the Revolutionary War. In the great struggle for independence, those who remained loyal to the British crown were persecuted with loss of employment, eviction from their homes, heavy taxation, confiscation of property and imprisonment. Loyalist Americans from all walks of life were branded as traitors and enemies of the people. By the end of the war, 80,000 had fled their homeland to face a dismal exile from which few would return, outcasts of a new republic based on democratic values of liberty, equality and justice.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

¿1.¿George Washington

¿2.¿John Adams and Abigail Adams

¿3.¿Thomas Jefferson and John Randolph

¿4.¿Benjamin Franklin and William Franklin

¿5.¿The Collapse of the Colonial Government

¿6.¿Punishing Loyalists

¿7.¿First Families to First Exiles

¿8.¿John Jay, Peter Van Schaack, Gouverneur Morris and Alexander Hamilton of New York

¿9.¿Pennsylvania

10.¿Convinced by Love

11.¿Schools and Colleges

12.¿William Hooper and His Brothers

13.¿Loyalist Warriors

14.¿John Singleton Copley

15.¿Exiled to England

16.¿The Envy of the American States

17.¿Returning Home

18.¿Enemies of the American People?

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Psychiatrist Chaim M. Rosenberg is also an American history researcher and writer. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Product details

• Authors: Chaim M. Rosenberg, Rosenberg Chaim M.
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2018
• EAN: 9781476672458
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7245-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, military history, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / Military / United States, United States of America, USA, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, Battles & campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), C 1700 To C 1800, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800), Colonial America, Specific wars and military campaigns