Loyalists in New Jersey

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Loyalists in New Jersey were colonial residents who remained aligned with and supportive of British rule during the American Revolutionary War, opposing the revolutionary movement in the colony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical community
political group
social group
affectedBy New Jersey Confiscation Act
New Jersey Test Laws
composedOf colonial residents of New Jersey
country Great Britain
endTime 1783
hasCharacteristic internal division within families and communities
opposition to revolutionary committees
property confiscation risk
subject to persecution by Patriots
support for British rule
hasConsequence postwar migration to Britain
postwar migration to New Brunswick
postwar migration to Nova Scotia
postwar migration to Quebec
hasDemographic enslaved Africans
free Black people
men
women
hasEconomicRole government officials
landed gentry
merchants
professionals
hasTimePeriod American Revolutionary War
historicalRegion Middle Colonies
involvedIn American Revolutionary War
civil conflict in New Jersey
language English
legalStatus subject to banishment laws
subject to confiscation acts
locatedIn Province of New Jersey
Thirteen Colonies
notableEvent Battle of Monmouth
Battle of Princeton
Battle of Trenton
opposedBy Patriots in New Jersey
linked to: New Jersey militia
opposes American independence
revolutionary movement in New Jersey
partOf Loyalists in the American Revolution
linked to: American Loyalists
politicalAlignment British Crown
British Empire
religion Anglicanism
Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian

Quakerism
startTime 1775
supportedBy British Army
British provincial troops

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revolutionary government of New Jersey opposedBy Loyalists in New Jersey
New Jersey Line associatedWith New Jersey in the American Revolution
linked to: Loyalists in New Jersey