Loyalist (American Revolution)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Loyalist_(American_Revolution)

GPTKB entity

Statements (97)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:museum
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:King's_Men gptkb:Tory
gptkbp:compensation	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:descendantsKnownAs	gptkb:United_Empire_Loyalists
gptkbp:emigratedTo	gptkb:Bahamas gptkb:Canada gptkb:Caribbean gptkb:Jamaica gptkb:Sierra_Leone gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:fateAfterWar	many emigrated to Canada property often confiscated some emigrated to Britain some remained in United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Loyalist (American Revolution)
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Anglicanism gptkb:Cherokee gptkb:Native_American_tribe gptkb:Quakers gptkb:river gptkb:Scottish_Highlanders gptkb:Iroquois_Confederacy gptkb:Lutherans gptkb:Baptists gptkb:Presbyterians gptkb:Seminole gptkb:Huguenots gptkb:Catholics gptkb:Moravians gptkb:Methodists gptkb:Mohawk government position indentured servants Dutch settlers merchants German immigrants British officials landowners conservative political views Anglican clergy religious minorities African American slaves recent immigrants African Americans seeking freedom Native Americans seeking protection economic ties to Britain fear of mob rule free blacks loyalty to monarchy recent British immigrants slaves seeking freedom
gptkbp:militaryUnits	gptkb:British_Legion gptkb:Queen's_Rangers gptkb:Black_Loyalist_units gptkb:Butler's_Rangers gptkb:De_Lancey's_Brigade gptkb:Georgia_Loyalists gptkb:King's_Royal_Regiment_of_New_York gptkb:Loyal_American_Regiment gptkb:New_Jersey_Volunteers gptkb:Royal_North_Carolina_Regiment gptkb:South_Carolina_Royalists gptkb:Volunteers_of_Ireland Loyalist provincial regiments
gptkbp:notableBlackLoyalists	gptkb:Thomas_Peters gptkb:Boston_King gptkb:David_George gptkb:Colonel_Tye
gptkbp:notableMembers	gptkb:William_Franklin gptkb:Joseph_Galloway gptkb:Thomas_Hutchinson
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Patriots_(American_Revolution) independence from Britain
gptkbp:persecutedBy	Patriots
gptkbp:populationEstimate	15-20% of colonial population
gptkbp:propertyConfiscatedBy	state governments
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Carolinas gptkb:Bahamas gptkb:Florida gptkb:Georgia gptkb:Jamaica gptkb:Massachusetts gptkb:New_Jersey gptkb:New_York gptkb:Nova_Scotia gptkb:Ontario gptkb:Pennsylvania gptkb:Quebec gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:supports	gptkb:British_Crown gptkb:British_military gptkb:British_colonial_government
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Patriot_(American_Revolution) gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War_(support_for_American_independence)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6