PDF Phyllis Schlafly Speaks; Volume 1: Her Favorite Speeches by Phyllis Schlafly in History

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The Loyalist Problem in Revolutionary New England begins with a snapshot of the region on the eve of the Boston Tea Party. The colonists' Republican tradition helped them spark the Revolution; but their special history also threatened the unity of the United States throughout the Revolutionary War; for Loyalists tried to discredit New Englanders as a naturally rebellious people. Yet Ingersoll shows that the rebels never sought to drive the dissenters out of the new nation; and accorded them a remarkable degree of liberal toleration; with the great majority of Loyalists ultimately becoming citizens of the new states.