Loyalists were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies of British America who remained loyal to the British crown. The term was initially coined in 1774 when political tensions rose before the outbreak of
Copy of Reception of the American Loyalists by Great Britain in the Year 1783 by Benjamin West, depicting Britannia taking in exiled Loyalists
William Franklin
A jury finding from Kentucky County, Virginia, in July 1780, confiscating lands of two men adjudged to be British subjects. Daniel Boone was listed as a member of the jury.
Johnson Hall, seat of Sir John Johnson in the Mohawk Valley
American Revolutionary War
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The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of th
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
Battle of Guilford Courthouse 15 March 1781
Battle of Trenton by Charles Mc Barron
Battleof Longisland