What was the role of colonial loyalists in the American Revolution? What did they contribute?

What will be an ideal response?


Loyalists stood ready to help the British, even to enlist as auxiliary troops, but they were left dangerously exposed by British actions and indifference. Loyalist units were of considerable aid to Cornwallis in the Southern strategy after 1778.

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How did Thomas Jefferson pay off the debt inherited from the Adams administration?

a)  cutting military expenditures b)  increasing commercial taxes c)  selling the Louisiana Territory d)  lifting tariffs on imports

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Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding advancements in technology during World War I?

A) Trench warfare enabled soldiers to avoid most discomforts of war. B) Troops were generally protected from the dangers of artillery bombardments. C) Poison gas added to the threat of artillery fire. D) Airplanes played virtually no role until the end of the war. E) The introduction of military tanks drastically altered the nature of trench warfare.

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What did the Luddites oppose?

a. industrialization b. higher taxes c. toll roads d. parliamentary reform e. enclosure

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Estrogen and progesterone are manufactured by the ______.

A. ovaries B. vagina C. uterus D. hypothalamus

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