Differences And Similarities Between Patriots And Loyalists

The positions of the patriots and the loyalists were very different for many reasons. However there are some similarities between the patriot and loyalists cases. In ways such as the factors of who looks to be winning, who’s win would the British colonists benefit most from, and the importance of the question; American liberty or loyalty to the king.

Much like the patriots the loyalists have quite a few reasons to be loyalists instead of patriots. Some of these reasons are, to protect the things the colonists owned, such as immense property and money. Many of the loyalists were people of the upper class who lived in cities, as well as slaves and servants. The slaves and servants became loyalists because Great Britain offered the slaves

Along with the many colonists that wanted to see the colonies become separated from the mother country there were debaters. People that owed big money to Great Britain were patriots as if they became separated from the mother country the debtors hoped that all debt owed would be abolished. Also similarly to the loyalists the patriots were mainly from one spot, not to say there couldn’t be patriots in the southern colonies or vice versa, but many patriots came from the new england colonies such as Massachusetts, Rhode Island, etc… Document 4 was written by Thomas Paine, a very influential patriot who explained in his writing why the loyalist arguments were wrong or at least he thought so. According to paine Great Britain did not protect her colonies because her motive was centered around self interest and she wanted to protect Britain from her enemies to benefit those living in Britain. Paine also described Great Britain's behavior as savage and shameful as, ‘even brutes don’t devour their own and nor even do savages, make war upon their family.’ Paine thinks the idea of forgiving Great Britain for the things that have occurred will be messy, forced, and unnatural, as the British murdered many people and destroyed much of the colonists' land. In Document 1 a patriot named Paul Revere made an engraving about the bloody massacre. The engraving was depicting soldiers, redcoats shooting at the colonists who had been portrayed to look innocent. The soldiers were represented in a bad light by little things in the engraving, such as the fact the british are lined to fire with one giving a order, only showing