Get Directions: Read Each Person S Biography And Determine Whether He Or She Would Most Likely Be A

Some Americans could not decide which side to choose and remained neutral during the war. Most American colonists, however, did choose sides. Those who supported independence from Britain were known as Patriots and colonists who opposed independence from Britain were known as Loyalists.

Colonists who were too far away to fight, or embraced the beliefs of both parties were referred to as neutralists. They made up the remaining one third of American colonists during the revolution. Neutrals, or neutralists, didn't partake in the battles that their patriot and loyalist brethren often fought.

Colonists who chose not to pick a side were called Neutrals. Some neutrals believed that both Patriots and Loyalists had valid points. Others simply did not want to come out on the losing side. Neutral colonists did not participate in the protests or the eventual battles during the Revolution.

Colonist E would make the best spy because he is quiet about his support for the British. He respects them as a political and military power.

The colonists increasingly had to take sides in this civil war. While some found it easy, others struggled to choose. John Adams famously said Americans divided into three equal groups: the staunch Patriots, the Loyalists, and those remaining neutral.

Colonists G might be neutral as he cares little for politics and refused an offer to join the Sons of Liberty. However, since the Intolerable Acts have closed Boston Harbor he no longer has his job unloading and loading ships at the dock, leaving him with no way to earn a living.

noun. a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs. a person who advocates or adheres to a policy or theory of neutralism.

Loyalists: colonists of the American revolutionary period who supported, and stayed loyal, to the British monarchy. Patriots: colonists who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution.