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Why was it bad to be a loyalists?
If you were a loyalist your home could be destroyed, you had to pay overpriced taxes and you could of get hurt on the street
Who were the smugglers in the 13 colonies?
Colonist patriots who didn't want to pay taxes to England.
What is the difference between a loyolist and a patriot?
In general, Royalists supported the power of King and Parliament to legislate all matters of colonial government. They say their opponents as traitors. In general those we now call Patriots were opposed to the way King and Parliament legislated all manner of colonial government matters, particularly taxation, and cam to support the Independence from the United kingdom of the 13 colonies.
Who was fighting for American in the American Revolution?
A long time ago, the Americans were with the British, until the American revolution. The loyalists, (they were loyal to the king) listened to King George and gave the patriots (people who were not loyal to the king) heavy taxes. The patriots could not afford that, so they started a war for their freedom. It was the patriots against the loyalists.
You are a patriot in a loyalist vs patriots debate?
Ask the Loyalists: How do you benefit by supporting the king? What benefits do you get from the taxes you pay? Why should the colonists be taxed? Is it really worth it to not sacrifice so many lives? Ask the Patriots: How do you benefit from turning against the king? How else should you pay for the war? Why shouldn't the colonists be taxed? Is it really worth it to lose so many lives? After the war the Patriots believed they had the right to expel the Loyalists and abuse them. Few were killed but many were forced to leave their homes and were pushed out into the countryside or forced out of the country entirely. This is one of the firsts acts the Patriots made as newly liberated men. Was this the right thing to do? No, probably not; but we have to remember how the Patriots were treated by the Loyalists during the Revolution. If a Loyalist found you were a Patriot plotting with other Patriots on tactics of liberating the colonies from the King they would not hesitate to turn you and in let you be punished. So really the Patriots acts were a form of payback but it still does not justify either of their foolhardy actions. The Loyalists did not have the right to abuse the Patriots during the Revolution and the Patriots did not have the right to abuse the Loyalists after the Revolution.
