Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World

In what ways did the experiences of Black loyalist refugees differ from those of their white counterparts?

The British Proclamation of 1763 banned Americans from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. While the Proclamation suggests British benevolence toward Native Americans, it also had other political motivations. Research between one and three of those alternative motivations, and address whether Jasanoff’s book adequately accounts for them.

In what ways did the British government keep and break their promises to loyalist refugees?

What primary sources did Jasanoff use in researching the loyalist diaspora, and how did they shape the content of this book?

Jasanoff claims that the Revolutionary War was, in fact, a civil war. Assess this claim.

While Jasanoff asserts the “spirit of 1783” involved the loyalists’ “commitment to liberty and humanitarian ideals” (12), much of loyalists’ behavior was far from humanitarian. Identify two such instances, and propose an explanation for the discrepancies. To develop your answer, cite at least two examples from the text and at least one outside source.

Jasanoff states the tendency for historians to portray the American Revolution as a war of ideals rather than a war of ordeals (23). Explain and assess this observation.

How might American colonial history have differed if the vote about Galloway’s 1774 proposal for partial self-rule passed?