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The Revolutionary War Couple Who Shed Their British Loyalty ...


The Revolutionary War Couple Who Shed Their British Loyalty ...

Henry and Lucy Knox sacrificed family, home, and beliefs to adopt their new American identity.

What Happened To British Loyalists After The Revolutionary War?

Not everyone celebrated when the British surrendered at Yorktown. About a fifth of all colonists remained loyal to the Crown; for them, ...

Love and the Revolution | National Endowment for the Humanities

Lucy Flucker of Boston and Peggy Shippen of Philadelphia were beautiful, well-born, and well-bred specimens of the ideal eighteenth-century American lady

7 Famous Loyalists of the Revolutionary War Era | HISTORY

Ever defiant, Boucher shouted “God Save the King,” grabbed a local patriot leader, put a pistol to his neck and escaped with his life. Boucher, ...

Loyalist (American Revolution) - Wikipedia

Loyalists were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as Tories ...

Loyalists During the Revolutionary War - Fold3 HQ

When Patriots decided to stand up to British rule, it became necessary for colonists to choose sides. For some, the decision was not easy. As ...

The Quebec Battle That Opened the Door to America | Essay

British soldiers who served at the Plains of Abraham ended up on both sides of the American Revolution. William Howe, who led Wolfe's advance ...

Friederike Charlotte Luise Riedesel, Baroness Riedesel

The couple and their children lived in Germany (Wolfenbuttel) until war broke out between Britain and its American colonies, and the British army sought aid ...

Penelope Barker | National Women's History Museum

A loyal patriot of the American Revolution, Penelope Barker organized the famous Edenton Tea Party, the first recorded women's political demonstration in ...

What happened with the people who sided with England ... - Quora

Many Loyalist colonists, of course, fought shoulder to shoulder with the British during the Revolutionary War and many families left their homes ...

American Revolution Archives - Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News ...

The Revolutionary War Couple Who Shed Their British Loyalty – One Letter at a Time. January 14, 2022. Henry and Lucy Knox sacrificed family, home, and beliefs ...

Culper Spy Ring - INTEL.gov

In October 1778, with the Continental Army encamped outside British-occupied New York City, George Washington and Benjamin Tallmadge masterminded what would ...

Loyalists at the Outbreak of the Revolution, 1775-1776 - massar.org

In his memoir written in Canada, Walter Bates describes his ordeals as the sixteen-year-old son of a Connecticut Loyalist family in 1776. At ...

The Revolutionary War Journey of Thomas Banister from Rhode ...

The experiences of Banister shed light on the issues around liberty and the considerations of loyalty that compelled young men to take the side ...

Full article: “All grand tories:” Loyalism in the trans-Appalachian west ...

Loyalism was a potent force in the Trans-Appalachian West during the American Revolution. However, the experiences of western Loyalists differed from those ...

How did American colonists lose their British identity/connection?

Brit here, and was watching a video about American Independence (hattip Griffon Johnson) and wondered how did the original colonists lose or ...

Benedict Arnold: Traitor, Wife & West Point | HISTORY

At the outbreak of the war, Arnold participated in the capture of the British garrison of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. In 1776, he hindered a ...

Everyday Life in Boston before the American Revolution

British enforcement of shipping laws began to impact Hancock's business, and he soon became a protégé of Samuel Adams. The two men led the Whigs ...

Love in the Time of Revolution - Fraunces Tavern® Museum

John and Abigail Adams were another couple that sacrificed many years of their marriage to support the cause of liberty. Most of their marriage was spent apart ...

Divided Loyalties | Smithsonian

John Adams and John Hancock both had in-laws outspokenly loyal to King George. Several delegates to the Continental Congress were related by marriage to active ...