Loyalist refugees, later called United Empire Loyalists, began leaving at the end of the war whenever transport was available, at considerable loss of property and transfer of wealth. An estimated 85,000 left the new nation, representing about 2% of the total American population.

Unfortunately, many of the slaves who were promised freedom by the British were sold into slavery in the West Indies. The Backcountry (Upcountry) of South Carolina had a large number of Loyalists because the people in the frontier felt the need for protection that the British could provide.

Loyalists wanted to pursue peaceful forms of protest because they believed that violence would give rise to mob rule or tyranny. Loyalists came from all walks of life. The majority were small farmers, artisans and shopkeepers. Not surprisingly, most British officials remained loyal to the Crown.

Answer to Review Question. The British southern strategy was to move the military theater to the southern colonies where there were more Loyalist colonists. Slaves and Indian allies, the British hoped, would also swell their ranks. This strategy worked at first, allowing the British to take Charleston.

*Their army simply wasn’t large enough to occupy enough square miles of territory in North America. *Distance. In addition, because American settlements were spread out across a vast range of territory, the British had difficulty mounting a concentrated fight and transporting men and supplies.

The Southern Strategy initially achieved success there with the British capture of the colony’s major port, Savannah, and the defection of thousands of colonists to the British in December 1778. …

The naval bombardment had little effect due to the sandy soil and the spongy nature of the fort’s palmetto log construction. Careful fire by the defenders wrought significant damage on the British fleet, which withdrew after an entire day’s bombardment.

WEINTRAUB: Britain lost the war because General Washington had two other generals on his side. One was `General Demography,’ population. The population was burgeoning. And the other general that Washington had on his side was `General Atlantic,’ that is Atlantic Ocean.

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In today’s dollars, World War II cost $4.1 trillion, according to data from the Congressional Research Service.