Loyalist, also called Tory, colonist loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution. Loyalists constituted about one-third of the population of the American colonies during that conflict. They were not confined to any particular group or class, but their numbers were strongest among the following groups: officeholders and others who served the British crown and had a vested interest in upholding its authority; Anglican clergymen and their parishioners in the North, who had likewise taken vows of allegiance and obedience to the king; Quakers, members of German religious sects, and other conscientious pacifists; and large landholders, especially in the North, and wealthy merchant groups in the cities whose businesses and property were affected by the war. The most common trait among all loyalists was an innate conservatism coupled with a deep devotion to the mother country and the crown. Many loyalists at first urged moderation in the struggle for colonial rights and were only driven into active loyalism by radical fellow colonists who denounced as Tories all who would not join them. Loyalists were most numerous in the South, New York, and Pennsylvania, but they did not constitute a majority in any colony. New York was their stronghold and had more than any other colony. New England had fewer loyalists than any other section.
The loyalists did not rise as a body to support the British army, but individuals did join the army or form their own guerrilla units. New York alone furnished about 23,000 loyalist troops, perhaps as many as all the other colonies combined. The loyalist fighters aroused a vengeful hatred among the patriots (as the American Revolutionaries called themselves), and when taken in battle they were treated as traitors. George Washington detested them, saying as early as 1776 that “they were even higher and more insulting in their opposition than the regulars.”
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What does sacred Honor mean to you?
David DeGerolamo
What does sacred Honor mean to you?
Part of it wound entail, not being fooled again. Not being led astray, Not taking any mindless fear mongering or hateful name calling, as fact nor false accusations as Truth and being swayed by them.
Not being coerced into their game, is very important to “Sacred Honour!”
Have any of you asked yourselves Truly how long were we apart? How long were the colonies apart from their brother? And were we supposed to be?
Tribe of Ephraim -- Wikipedia
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Several western Christian groups, in particular those of the United Church of God, claim that the whole UK is the direct descendant of Ephraim, and that the whole United States is the direct descendant of Manasseh, based on the interpretation that Jacob had said these two tribes would become the most supreme nations in …
also consider this: Is this not Babylon?
https://nicklasarthur.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/the-empire-of-the-city/
Now if this is True, what does it mean in the grand scheme of all things?