About+the+Loyalist!

About the Loyalists! Well my name is Chamira and this is my page and I'm going to talk about Loyalists,also how they lived during the Revolutionary War. I will give you some examples of three well known loyalists. Benedict Arnold,William Howe,and Lord Cornwallis. I will also give you an definition of a loyalists. This is a little definition of a loyalists. A loyalists is any person who is loyal to their allegiance during the American Revolutionary War in what was to become the United States of America. A loyalist was anyone who remained loyal to the King of England. They were also called Tories in their own country but loyalists elsewhere. Most of them fled to Canada to settle in that country,particualary Ontario and Nova Scotia. The life of a Loyalists during the Revolutionary War..... The Revolutionary War was a civil war. Most of the land war was fought on United States soil. Somewhere between 20 and 30 percentof the population retained their loyalty to the crown. The loyalists opposed the patriots through propaganda,spying,military service with the British,and sometimes rebel activities. Loyalist propaganda continually planted seeds of debate within the wider population. Patriots contiued to notice loyalist threats on the home front and actively worked to quiet for the loyalists,arrest them,and steal their property. Who is Benedict Arnold....? Benedict Arnold was born on January 14,1741 in Norwich,Connecticut. He was a General in the American Revolutionary War .Arnold was one of America's most infamous traitor. Benedict Arnold became a traitor because he did not agree with America. He was a great general. Benedict Arnold was not satisfied with his treatment by the Congress and other army officers,feeling he was not getting the recognition he deserved for his part in major battles,like Saratoga. He then went to the British with a plan to turn over the American fort at West Point,New York to the British. West Point was important to the colonists because it commanded the Hudson River and prevented British warships from sailing down from Canada and cutting the New England colonies off from the rest of the colonies. When the plan was found out,he escaped to England and became an officer in the British army. At Saratoga,Arnold had played a major part in the winning of the battle and was wounded in the leg. Horatio Gates took the honors though. A comment was made by colonial soldiers about Arnold to the effect that if they ever caught him,he would be lynched as a traitor. This is the battle of Saratoga.The battle Benedict Arnold fought in.

Who is William Howe....?

William Howe was one of the British generals during the Revolutionary War. He was born on August 10,1729,in England. Before he was sent to fight in the war,Howe was concerned to the colonists.But,as a soldier, he had to fight against them. He went to the colonies on May 25,1775,as a Major General. Howe led the Britishs troops in attacking Breeds Hill. This Battle became known as the battle of Bunker Hill. The Americans fought bravely,but they eventually ran low on ammunition and the British finally captured the hill. Many of the British soldiers died during the battle,but General Howe led his troops well. October,1775 General Howe became a full General,and he became the temporary Command-in-Cheif of the British Army in the 13 colonies. George Washington won a battle at Dorchester Heights,where he can see the British. General Howe ordered his troops to go back to Canada until they could attack again. In 1776,General Howe and his troops began the battle gor New York City. In July,they landed on Staten Island.In August,they fought against General George Washington in the battle of Long Island. The British won the battle.but then they stopped instead of going to chase the Americans. That let the Americans escape with their troops. General Howe won the important battle of White Plains against George Washington,but he did not chase the Americans. He took his troops back to Fort Washington,which they had passed. They captured the fort,and 3000 prisoners and many supplies. Then General Howe captured Fort Lee,New Jersey,across the riverfrom New York City,and all of New York. General Howe like staying on New York. He did not fight for the for the first part of 1777. But when he did fight,he beat George Washington in the Battle of Brandywine and then he took over Phildelphia. This is William Howe

Who is Lord Charles Cornwallis....?

Lord Charles Cornwallis was born on December 31,1738. He is also accused of "losing America". Lord Charles Corawallis was a British general woh fought against the Americans in many different battles during the Revolutionary War. The most important one was Battle of Yorktown where the British surrendered. Cornwallis was a successful general,but he was unable to defeat the American and French forces,leading to the biggest loss of his career. In 1776,Cornwallis arrived in America two years after the Revolution started. Cornwallis came to America with the rank of major general,but by 1780,he was responsible for the entire British campaign in the South. At first Cornwallis was successful against the American forces. That all began to change in January,1781,when he was defeated by Nathanael Greene's army in South Carolina. In August 1781 Cornwallis was on Yorktown waiting for more troops to arrive. By the time the new British troops arrived,the French were ready to attack. The American and French troops had cornered the British forces. Cornwallis 's forces had to surrender. The British surrender at Yorktown led to the end of the Revolutionary War. This is Lord Charles Cornwallis