Unnatural Rebellion (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Ruma Chopra | knygos.lt

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Thousands of British American mainland colonists rejected the War for
American Independence. Shunning rebel violence as unnecessary, unlawful, and unnatural, they
emphasized the natural ties of blood, kinship, language, and religion that united the colonies to
Britain. They hoped that British military strength would crush the minority rebellion and free the
colonies to renegotiate their return to the empire.

Of course the loyalists were
too American to be of one mind. This is a story of how a cross-section of colonists flocked to
the British headquarters of New York City to support their ideal of reunion. Despised by the rebels
as enemies or as British appendages, New York’s refugees hoped to partner with the British to
restore peaceful government in the colonies. The British confounded their expectations by
instituting martial law in the city and marginalizing loyalist leaders. Still, the loyal Americans
did not surrender their vision but creatively adapted their rhetoric and accommodated military
governance to protect their long-standing bond with the mother country. They never imagined that
allegiance to Britain would mean a permanent exile from their homes.