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Article: When the American Revolution erupted.(Young Loyalists--a page for every age)(Brief article)
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- The Loyalist Gazette
- Article date:
- March 22, 2008
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"When the American Revolution erupted, it forced competition among the Quaker colonists' allegiances: to England and the King, to their colonial homes and families, and even to their religious convictions. To support the war was to refute the King, to oppose the war was to deny one's homeland." Nevertheless, many Quakers, including fifth generation Jacob'" DeCou UE, joined the British cause and fought in the American ...