PATRIOTS VS LOYALISTS

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PATRIOTS VS LOYALISTS
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Taxation

• The colonists should help pay Great Britain for
  the French and Indian war debt.
• No Taxation without Representation is a false
  argument.
• The colonists should have total control over who
  taxes them (colonial assemblies or Parliament).
• The colonists should have total control over how
  tax money is spent.

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National Security

• The colonists can defeat Great Britain because
  they have home-ground advantage.
• The colonists cannot win a war with Great Britain
  because the British have the most powerful army
  and navy in the world.
• Should the colonists win a war with Great
  Britain, they will not have the capacity to
  defend themselves against France and Spain in
  North America.

• The colonists do not have the
• money to form and maintain a
• national army and navy.

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Trade

• Being part of the British
• empire gives the colonists
• access to goods from all over the world.
• Should the colonists win a war with Great
  Britain, it will be difficult to develop
  international trade relations and thus the
  economy will suffer.

• The colonists have a secure market in Great
  Britain for their goods and raw materials.

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Human Cost

• An increase in control by the British government
  should not alone justify going to war.
• An imperfect situation is better than the
  unknown.
• If the war is lost, some
• of the most intelligent, respected leaders in the
  colonies will be hanged.

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English Subjects

• The colonists rights as English subjects are
  limited by the English bill of rights.
• The Patriots have exaggerated problems with Great
  Britain.
• The colonists have repeatedly petitioned the King
  and Parliament to hear their grievances, but were
  either ignored or answered with more British
  control.

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• As John Locke stated, government is a contract.
  The king has failed to uphold his end of the
  contract as the protector of the colonies.
• Britain has allowed the colonists more rights and
  privileges than any other nation on earth. The
  Patriots act like spoiled children expecting more
  and giving less than those in Great Britain.
• The King is chosen by God. Treason against the
  King is treason against God.
• The colonists basic rights are being eroded. They
  are no longer guaranteed trials at the place of
  the crime and troops are being quartered in their
  homes.

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Assessment Time!

• Which of the following is an example of effective
  colonial
• propaganda?
• Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
• Battle at Lexington and Concord
• Boston Massacre
• Proclamation of 1763

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• 2. You are, and always have been, a model student
  at Drakes
• Creek Middle School. One morning, your social
  studies teacher
• Stops you for no reason and tells you they want
  to go and
• search your room at home. If this were to occur
  in colonial times,
• what document would allow this?
• Writ of Assistance
• Bill of Attainder
• Permittance Form
• Evidence Warrant

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• 3. Who said, I know not what course others may
  take but as for me, give me liberty or give me
  death?
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Patrick Henry
• George Washington
• 4. Why can the Boston Massacre be considered
  propaganda?
• Only 1 person was killed
• Only 5 people were killed
• 10 People were injured
• 25 people were injured

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• 5. What upset the American colonists MOST about
  the Stamp Act?
• Colonists did not want to pay taxes to keep
  British troops in the colonies.
• The stamp tax raised the price of paper goods in
  the colonies.
• Colonists believed that Parliament had no right
  to tax the colonies.
• Parliament had not warned the colonies about the
  new stamp tax in advance.

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• 6. The Townshend and the Tea Acts were
• Opposed as taxation without representation by
  most colonists
• Approved by most colonists, but opposed by most
  loyalists
• Failures because the colonist refused to buy the
  goods that were taxed
• Accepted and obeyed by all but a few hotheads
  in Boston

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• 7. Read the following passage
• These are the times that try mens souls. The
  summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in
  this crisis, shrink from the service of their
  country but he that stands Now deserves the love
  and thanks of man and women.
• This excerpt is an example of colonial propaganda
• Who wrote the above stated passage?
• Joseph Martin, in his memoirs
• Thomas Paine, in The Crisis
• George Washington, in his diary
• John Adams, in a letter to patriots

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These are the times that try mens souls. The
summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will,in
this crisis, shrink from the service of their
country but he that stands Now deserves the love
and thanks of man and women.

• 8. What is the BEST synonym for Try as it is used
  in the first line
• of the above-mentioned quote?
• Attempt
• Judge
• Test
• Taste

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• 9. Summer soldier and Sunshine Patriots might
  BEST be described as
• Quitters
• Optimists
• Fighters
• Turncoats
• 10. Suppose that your parents fully support
  raising the driving age to 18. Your state senator
  is coming to town to promote his views on the
  issue. Your parents are planning to attend the
  meeting, but you are planning to protest by
  speaking out against the issue. In relating this
  to the Revolutionary period, you would most
  likely be know as a
• Loyalist
• Patriot
• Dissident
• Troublemaker

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• 11. Although the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts were
  meant to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea
  Party, what impact did they have on the rest of
  the colonies?
• The act cause trade in other harbors to suffer as
  well.
• The act cause the other colonies to fear standing
  up to the King
• The acts were so harsh that other colonies wanted
  to fight back against the King.
• The acts had no real effect on the colonists.

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• 12.Benjamin Franklins Join or Die cartoon was
  one of the first political cartoons in history.
  Which of the following describes Franklins
  meaning with this cartoon?
• Patriots must stick together to defeat the
  British
• Patriots were snakes for going up against their
  home country.
• Britain is going to cut up the Patriots like a
  snake
• Patriots are like the poison from a snake and
  must be defeated.

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• 13. The event in the drawing shows colonial
  protest to which of the following?
• Stamp Act c. Townshend Acts
• Tea Act d. Intolerable Acts

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• 14. The drawing represents which of these events?
• Boston Tea Party
• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Boston Massacre
• Battle of Saratoga

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15. You and your friend decide not to purchase
items from a certain store in the mall because
of the treatment you have received in the past,
this type of protest is best described by a.
slight b. coercion c. denial d. boycott 16.
Colonists agreed not to import items that were
taxable by Signing a. declaratory acts. b.
importation documents. c. nonimportation
agreements. d. the Townshend Act.
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17. The Proclamation of 1763 a. made the
colonists pay the war debt from the French and
Indian War. b. forbade colonists from settling
west of the Appalachian mountains. c. forced
the colonists to respect the rights of Native
Americans. d. forced the colonies to trade
only with Great Britain 18. In the Treaty of
Paris, France transferred the Louisiana Territory
to a. Spain b. the United States c.
Portugal d. Canada.
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19. In response to the Townshend Acts the
colonists a. approved a ban on the exports and
imports with Great Britain. b. appoint
George Washington military commander. c. send
the Olive Branch Petition to the King. d.
approve the raising of an army 20. What played
an important role in increasing political
activity and raising public awareness in the
colonies? a. town meeting b. magazines c. the
First Continental Congress d. newspapers