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Compare And Contrast The Patriots And The Loyalists

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Patriot and Loyalists are two very different sides of points of view. Patriots support America and becoming an independent nation, while the loyalists support the king and staying one big country. The Patriot s and the Loyalists both thought the othe rwas in the wrong. The Loyalists think that the Patriots are in the wrong because they are overlooking there own rights and intrests. " ... that they have overlooked the rights of Great Britain and our own interest. " So, because they overlooked something for their own cause, Loyalists think they were the ones who were wrong to leave the country. The Partriots believe that the Loyalists are wrong because they won't free the colonies and they would prefer that to be apart of Great

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