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| The Good Americans |
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| Rev. Mather Byles who said, "They call me a brainless Tory, but tell me; why should I trade one tyrant 3,000 miles away for 3,000 tyrants not a mile away?" |
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| Thomas Hutchinson the Royal Governor of Massachusetts at the time of the Boston Tea Party. He later became an advisor to King George III on the problems in North America. |
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| William Franklin, the last Royal Governor of New Jersey and illegitimate son of Ben Franklin. He was arrested for being a loyalist and was later rejected by his father for refusing to betray the King. |
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| Joseph Brant Mohawk Indian and leader of the Iroquois loyalists who fought for the Crown. He moved to Canada after the war and built the first Anglican church in Ontario. |
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| Robert Rogers loyalist American and commander of the famous Queen's York Rangers, one of the best loyalist units which is still a regiment today in the Royal Canadian Army.. |
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| Sir John Johnson Baronet of New York, he led the King's Royal Regiment of New York, or the "Yorkers", a loyalist unit. After the war he moved to Ontario. |
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| William Tryon, Royal Governor of North Carolina and later New York. He commanded loyalists forces that invaded Connecticut and once tried to capture George Washington. |
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| George Prevost, a native of New Jersey, he joined the British army and eventually became Governor-General of Canada. He was commander of Crown forces in the War of 1812. |
| Laura Secord, daughter of a loyalist family she was born in Massachusetts but fled to Canada after the American Revolt. During the War of 1812, when the U.S. invaded Canada she walked 32km over very rough terrain to give vital information to the Crown forces that allowed them to defeat the U.S. forces at Beaver Dams. A national heroine in Canada, Laura Secord Chocolates are named in her honour. |
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