Loyalism and military operations Loyalist (American Revolution)
1 loyalism , military operations 1.1 numbers of loyalists 1.2 slavery , black loyalists 1.3 loyalist women 1.4 loyalism in canada 1.5 military service loyalism , military operations in opening months of revolutionary war, patriots laid siege boston, of british forces stationed. elsewhere there few british troops , patriots seized control of levels of government, supplies of arms , gunpowder. these actions not without resistance. in new york, new jersey, , parts of north , south carolina, there considerable ambivalence patriot cause. vocal loyalists, encouragement , assistance of royal governors, recruited people side. in south carolina backcountry loyalist recruitment oustripped of patriots. brief siege @ ninety 6 in fall of 1775 followed rapid rise in patriot recruiting , snow campaign involving thousands of partisan militia resulted in arrest or flight of of backcountry loyalist leadership. north carolina backcountry scots , former regulators joined forces in 1776, broken force @ bat