Outline essay #2

I. Without Britain America would not have survived, Great Britain is the back bone of all these colonies including New Hampshire.
___A. Britain is the creator of the colonies; they look up to Great Britain as a role model. , and the ideas and morals that made this colony came from Britain.
_____1. p. 59 “Loyalism was in large part simply a residue of the people’s long-standing attachment to Great Britain, and those who adhered to it were on the whole good men of respectable principles.” The American Tory:Great Lives Observed:
___B. Although many colonists did not agree with the taxation being oppressed on them by parliament, it was not Great Britain as a whole that was oppressing them.
_____1. p.14 Edward Floyd De Lancey states, “Their enemy was the ministry of Lord North, not the King of England to whom they owed, and had sworn, allegiance.” The American Tory:Great Lives Observed:
___C. Even though the government in Great Britain is not perfect, it is still the most powerful empire in the world and to break off of that would be disastrous.
_____1. p.16 “Shall we plunge at once into anarchy, and reject all accommodation with a government because there are imperfections in it, as there are in all things, and in all men?” The American Tory:Great Lives Observed:
II. If I were to be a patriot I would lose the benefits of being a British subject, which includes my family’s position in New Hampshire serving the Crown.
___A. My family would have nothing without Britain, I stay loyal to Britain to survive.
_____1. p.4 “In all the colonies there were groups of ambitious politicians who had chosen office-holding under the Crown as the way to power or prestige.” The American Tory: Roots of Loyalty:
___B. I would rather be a British subject over being a rebellious patriot.
____1. p.6 “Those in responsible positions undoubtedly believed the British constitution the best in the world, but they also were elitist in the belief that common democracy and equality were spurious and dangerous.” The American Tory:Great Lives Observed: