Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Loyalists, Fence Sitters, and Patriots
Read about the war of propaganda the Patriots needed to wage in order to persuade the vast majority of Americans, who were at first ambivalent to the cause of independence, to support the ideals of the Revolutionary War.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Loyalists
Perhaps the Loyalists had some concrete reasons to support staying part of the British Empire. Read about who was a Loyalist and why. Particularly interesting is the reason behind so many slaves supporting Britain and what happened to...
Other
Mission Us: Mission 1: For Crown or Colony?
[Free Registration/Login Required] Interactive game puts players in the shoes of Nat Wheeler, a printer's apprentice in 1770 Boston. They encounter both Patriots and Loyalists, and when rising tensions result in the Boston Massacre, they...
US National Archives
National Archives: Road to Revolution: Patriotism or Treason?
What if you lived in the colonies during in the years preceding the Revolution? Would you be a loyalist or join the Sons of Liberty? Students will analyze a picture of a tax collector being tarred and feathered and answer critical...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Patriots vs Loyalists
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers everything from The Boston Massacre to the Boston Tea Party and even more. It also provides an assessment.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Identity During the American Revolution
From a chapter on "America's War for Independence," this section of the chapter explains Loyalist and Patriot sentiments and identifies different groups that participated in the Revolutionary War.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: American Revolution: Patriotism/quaker Loyalism in a Pennsylvania Family
National Humanities Center provides an essay based on the correspondence of a Quaker Family in colonial Pennsylvania.
US National Archives
Docsteach: Road to Revolution: Patriotism or Treason?
Students will analyze the causes of the American Revolution and examine them from various points of view. Perspectives include the Sons of Liberty, loyalists living in the colonies, patriots, and British citizens living in England.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Source: Clashing Views During the Colonial Period
Students will use primary documents to evaluate a statement concerning radical views of the colonial revolutionaries and the conservative philosophy of the loyalist colonists.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: American Revolutionary War
This article on the American Revolutionary War looks at its causes, the phases of the war, naval warfare, the involvement of other countries, the Treaty of Paris, the different groups of combatants, and the impact of the war.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Power of Points of View
Students use alternate points of view to demonstrate their understanding of the Revolutionary War by writing one piece from the point of view of a Patriot, and another piece from the point of view of a Loyalist.
PBS
Africans in America: Revolution: Significance of Dunmore's Proclamation
A brief interview with Betty Wood, professor of history, on the significance of Dunmore's Proclamation to Loyalist plantation owners, Patriot plantation owners, and, in particular, the slaves themselves. From PBS.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Archiving Early America: The Battle of King's Mountain
An exciting account of the stirring events of the battle between Loyalists and Patriot backwoodsmen at the Battle of King's Mountain in October 1780.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: American Revolution Fact Finding Game
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an exciting group activity you can use to review the Revolutionary War while incorporating math.
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: Spy Letters of the American Revolution
A wonderful resource with letters, stories, people, and timelines of spies for the Loyalists and the Patriots during the American Revolution.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: American Revolution as Civil War
A lesson where young scholars examine the journal of a young Scottish woman, Janet Schaw, visiting North Carolina in 1775. She writes of her experiences observing the tensions and rivalries in the Cape Fear River area that pitted...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Causes of American Revolution: Soldiers and Civilians at War
In this lesson, 5th graders look at causes and consequences of the American Revolution, at nations and individuals that impacted the outcome, at the roles women played, and at how the war affected families, economics, and the...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Political Pamphlet: Thomas Paine (1737 1809)
The passion of Revolutionary literature is found in pamphlets, the most popular form of political literature of the day. Over 2,000 pamphlets were published during the Revolution. The pamphlets thrilled patriots and threatened loyalists;...
A&E Television
History.com: How the South Helped Win the American Revolution
British commanders attempted to reverse their floundering fortunes by launching a campaign in the South. There the British would find not just crops such as tobacco, rice and indigo that were vital to their economy, but stronger Loyalist...
Ducksters
Ducksters: American Revolution for Kids: Glossary and Terms
Kids learn the Glossary and Terms from the Revolutionary War including patriot, loyalist, colony, volley, whig, tory, and more.
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