Terrorist attacks in London

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

According to the same submission, the number of Patriots was between 40-50%, while the number of Loyalists was around 15-20%.

I think those numbers have been inflated and deflated over the years as no accurate poll was ever taken at the time. However there are other ways to measure and get a sense of where the hearts and minds of those who lived back then were. Judging by some of the reading on this subject I have done today I would say that about 20% of the pop was strongly opposed to the Revolution and that an equal number(20%) were strongly for Revolution. The remaining 60% were mostly anti-British but not too keen on actual revolt.

I very telling statistic:

By 1779, there were more Americans fighting with the British than with Washington!

<<<In the Year 1779 there were no less than 21 regiments (estimated to total 6,500 to 8,000 men) of loyalists in the British army. Washington reported a field army of 3,468. <<<<

[wendybeth]

From a VOA broadcast- The Making of America:

"No one knows for sure how many Americans remained loyal to Great Britain. The Massachusetts political leader, John Adams, thought about thirty-three percent of the colonists supported independence, thirty-three percent supported Britain, and thirty-three percent supported neither side. Most history experts today think that about twenty per cent of the colonists supported Britain. They say the others were neutral or supported whichever side seemed to be winning."

Not that it has squat to do with the OP, so I think I'll quit my participation in this particular derail, and maybe chime in if it gets back on topic. ( Or if we find out it was the French. )