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Choosing Sides - Loyalists in Revolutionary America (Hardcover)
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Choosing Sides - Loyalists in Revolutionary America (Hardcover)
Series: American Controversies
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Though scores of texts, films and stories have been told about the
American Revolution from the perspectives of our Founding Fathers
and their followers, comparatively little is known about those
colonists who resisted the revolutionary movement, and tried
desperately to preserve their nation s ties to the British Empire.
Choosing Sides: Loyalists in Revolutionary America shows us that
America s original colonies were not nearly as united behind the
concept of forming free, independent states as our society s
collective memory would have us believe. There were, in fact,
numerous colonists, slaves, and Native Americans who counted
themselves among the Loyalists: those who never wanted to sever
ties with the English crown and who viewed revolution as an
unnatural and unlawful mistake. Too often overlooked, these men and
women made valid and valuable arguments against the formation of
the United States both weighing the costs of revolution and the
perilousness of existing without divine rule of a monarch arguments
that even hundreds of years into America s existence are echoed and
championed both within and beyond our borders. Colonists from
commoners to clergymen had nuanced and complex reasons for wanting
to remain under British control, and an awareness of these reasons
and their origins paints a more historically accurate portrait of
the American populous around the time of our country s founding.
This volume not only showcases Dr. Chopra s comprehensive analysis
of Loyalism and its arguments, but includes letters, legislation
and even poems written by Loyalists during and after the
Revolutionary War. Choosing Sides lays a detailed foundation of
facts for its readers and provides them entry points to the debate
surrounding the genesis of the United States. It is both a primary
source and a touchstone for original interpretations and
discussions."
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