Choosing Sides: Loyalists in Revolutionary America shows us that America's original colonies were not nearly as united behind the concept of forming free, independent states as our society's collective memory would have us believe. There were, in fact, numerous colonists, slaves, and Native Americans who counted themselves among the Loyalists: those who never wanted to sever ties with the English crown and who viewed revolution as an unnatural and unlawful mistake.
Choosing Sides: Loyalists in Revolutionary America shows us that America's original colonies were not nearly as united behind the concept of forming free, independent states as our society's collective memory would have us believe. There were, in fact, numerous colonists, slaves, and Native Americans who counted themselves among the Loyalists: those who never wanted to sever ties with the English crown and who viewed revolution as an unnatural and unlawful mistake.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Table of Contents Introduction Loyal Britons Imperial Crisis Loyal Colonies in the Caribbean and North America Loyalist Convictions and Proposals Loyalist Potential Loyalist Women Slaves Indian Allies The Peace Treaty and its Aftermath Refugees in the British Maritimes Chapter 1. Loyalist Predicament Defining Loyalists and Patriots Confronting Mobs (1774) Forced into exile (1775) Guilty until Proven Innocent (1776) An Affair Among Citizens (1776) Chapter 2. Early Loyalist Voices Denouncing the Unnatural Rebellion (1775) Inflamed Rebels and Scattered Friends (1775) Hunting of the Tories (1775) Loyalists Left Unprotected (1775) Requesting Imperial Intervention (1775) Criticizing Common Sense (1776) Rejecting Violence (1776) Chapter 3. Plans for Union Albany Plan (1754) William Smith Jr.'s Plan (1767) Joseph Galloway Plan (1774) John Randolph's Plan (1780) Jonathan Sewell's Plan (1785) Chapter 4. Loyalist Resilience Loyalist Persuasions (1776 & 1777) Expressing Optimism (1778) Confronting Confiscation Laws (1779) Documenting Rebel Weakness (1780) Pledging Declaration of Dependence (1781) Chapter 5. Loyalist Military Involvement Preaching to Loyalist Soldiers (1777) Volunteering Military Assistance (1780) Organizing Loyalist Militia (1781) Recruiting Loyalist Regiments (1781) Loyalist Military Actions (1783) Chapter 6. Loyalist Women A Sister's Lament (1770) Living with the British (1777) Facing British Evacuation (1778) Stricken Smitten of God (1778) Mourning Loyalist Execution (1778) A Mother's Advice (1779) Helpless Widow seeking Relief (1779) Seeking Compensation for Husband's Service (1783) Seeking Compensation for Slave Property (1786) Chapter 7. Slaves Escaping to the British (1775) Competition amongst the King's subjects (1779) Envisioning God with Empire (1781) Negotiating Slave Return (1783) Evading Re-Enslavement (1783) Retrieving Stolen Children (1783) Black Petitions (1783) Book of Negroes (1783) Chapter 8. Indians Relations with Indians (1774) British Recruiting Northern Indians (1775) British Recruiting Southern Indians (1776) Vying for Indian Support (1778) Hessian View of Indians (1777) Accusing Savages of Scalping Europeans (1777) Mohawks Side with the British (1778) Mohawks Request Assistance in Canada (1786) Indians as Beasts of Prey (1783) Chapter 9. Loyalist Losses Loyalists in the Peace Treaty (1783) Despair and Distraction (1782) Dreadful Tidings (1782) Unwavering Devotion (1782) Irrecoverable Debts (1783) Rebel Retaliation (1783) Claiming Losses in Income, Property, and Slaves (1783) Forsaking Britain (1781) Seeking Refuge in Britain (1783) Chapter 10. Loyalist Exile British Nova Scotia (1783) Loyalist Nova Scotia (1784) Predicting the Collapse of the United States (1785) Celebrating the Loyalists (1884)
Table of Contents Introduction Loyal Britons Imperial Crisis Loyal Colonies in the Caribbean and North America Loyalist Convictions and Proposals Loyalist Potential Loyalist Women Slaves Indian Allies The Peace Treaty and its Aftermath Refugees in the British Maritimes Chapter 1. Loyalist Predicament Defining Loyalists and Patriots Confronting Mobs (1774) Forced into exile (1775) Guilty until Proven Innocent (1776) An Affair Among Citizens (1776) Chapter 2. Early Loyalist Voices Denouncing the Unnatural Rebellion (1775) Inflamed Rebels and Scattered Friends (1775) Hunting of the Tories (1775) Loyalists Left Unprotected (1775) Requesting Imperial Intervention (1775) Criticizing Common Sense (1776) Rejecting Violence (1776) Chapter 3. Plans for Union Albany Plan (1754) William Smith Jr.'s Plan (1767) Joseph Galloway Plan (1774) John Randolph's Plan (1780) Jonathan Sewell's Plan (1785) Chapter 4. Loyalist Resilience Loyalist Persuasions (1776 & 1777) Expressing Optimism (1778) Confronting Confiscation Laws (1779) Documenting Rebel Weakness (1780) Pledging Declaration of Dependence (1781) Chapter 5. Loyalist Military Involvement Preaching to Loyalist Soldiers (1777) Volunteering Military Assistance (1780) Organizing Loyalist Militia (1781) Recruiting Loyalist Regiments (1781) Loyalist Military Actions (1783) Chapter 6. Loyalist Women A Sister's Lament (1770) Living with the British (1777) Facing British Evacuation (1778) Stricken Smitten of God (1778) Mourning Loyalist Execution (1778) A Mother's Advice (1779) Helpless Widow seeking Relief (1779) Seeking Compensation for Husband's Service (1783) Seeking Compensation for Slave Property (1786) Chapter 7. Slaves Escaping to the British (1775) Competition amongst the King's subjects (1779) Envisioning God with Empire (1781) Negotiating Slave Return (1783) Evading Re-Enslavement (1783) Retrieving Stolen Children (1783) Black Petitions (1783) Book of Negroes (1783) Chapter 8. Indians Relations with Indians (1774) British Recruiting Northern Indians (1775) British Recruiting Southern Indians (1776) Vying for Indian Support (1778) Hessian View of Indians (1777) Accusing Savages of Scalping Europeans (1777) Mohawks Side with the British (1778) Mohawks Request Assistance in Canada (1786) Indians as Beasts of Prey (1783) Chapter 9. Loyalist Losses Loyalists in the Peace Treaty (1783) Despair and Distraction (1782) Dreadful Tidings (1782) Unwavering Devotion (1782) Irrecoverable Debts (1783) Rebel Retaliation (1783) Claiming Losses in Income, Property, and Slaves (1783) Forsaking Britain (1781) Seeking Refuge in Britain (1783) Chapter 10. Loyalist Exile British Nova Scotia (1783) Loyalist Nova Scotia (1784) Predicting the Collapse of the United States (1785) Celebrating the Loyalists (1884)
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