{"id":378,"date":"2025-03-05T15:31:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T20:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mccormickscchamber.org\/mc250\/?page_id=378"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:48:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T20:48:54","slug":"choosing-sides-patriot-loyalist-terminology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mccormickscchamber.org\/mc250\/historical-information\/choosing-sides-patriot-loyalist-terminology\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing Sides\u2014Patriot &#038; Loyalist Terminology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column]<h2 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\">Choosing sides during the Revolutionary War in the Back Country<\/span><\/h2>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Militia or Citizen Soldier nomenclature irrespective of professional soldiers, i.e. American Continentals and British Redcoats &amp; 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el_class=&#8221;even-text&#8221;]<span style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><strong>King\u2019s Man<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>Sometimes applied to South Carolina Loyalist militia<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Loyalist<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>General term for colonists who sided with the British Crown<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Provincial<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>Served in a more regulated unit versus militia<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Regular<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>British trained Loyalist, term also applicable to British troops<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Royalist<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>Another term for Loyalist<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Tory<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>Loyalist more in a political sense[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]There were also several derogatory terms for those on either side, <strong>Rebel <\/strong>being one the most common applied by the British to American troops.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Militia or Citizen Soldier nomenclature irrespective of professional soldiers, i.e. American Continentals and British Redcoats &amp; 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