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To: jttmab who wrote (139286)	7/8/2004 11:18:14 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The smuggling was a way of evading the effects of the tax. However, you are right about the igniting cause of the Tea Party, and that wholesalers were the most directly affected in that debacle. On the subject of Loyalists: Loyalist ProfileRef:1 Nothing is hard and set, so there are exceptions to the basic make-up of those who chose to remain loyal to the British Crown. However, many were successful merchants, lawyers, or held a political office of some sort for the British government. Their religious persuasion tended to be Anglican (The Church of England), although there were many exceptions to this. British sympathies were strong in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and North Carolina. They were strongest, however, in New York, New Jersey, and Georgia. They were least likely to be found in Massachusetts, Virginia, Maryland, and Connecticut. Large landowners of every socio-economic strata tended to feel it was in their best interest to be sympathetic to the Crown. Some Loyalists immediately left for England, where they rallied King George III's subjects for their cause. Others went to Canada. But many, perhaps most, remained in America. Some fought their neighbors or agitated local Indians against the Americans. Others did little to support the troops who fought for their cause, often from fear that their property would be confiscated and sold. The American Revolution, like its later counterpart, the American Civil War, was a war of the people that divided families and communities. When it became obvious that the war was a lost cause of the UEM, many left for Canada, the Bahamas, and other remaining English colonies. It's estimated that 80,000 fled the country during or immediately following the end of the American Revolutionary War. genealogy.allinfoabout.com Sure, there were wealthy revolutionaries, but the wealthy generally did not care to rock any boats, and it was the middle class, mainly the yeomanry and small proprietors, that filled the Committees of Correspondence and the Sons of Liberty.