Loyalists in New Jersey

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Loyalists in New Jersey were colonial residents who remained aligned with and supportive of British rule during the American Revolutionary War, opposing the revolutionary movement in the colony.

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Loyalists in New Jersey canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical community
political group
social group
affectedBy New Jersey Confiscation Act NERFINISHED
New Jersey Test Laws NERFINISHED
composedOf colonial residents of New Jersey
country Great Britain NERFINISHED
endTime 1783
hasCharacteristic internal division within families and communities
opposition to revolutionary committees
property confiscation risk
subject to persecution by Patriots
support for British rule
hasConsequence postwar migration to Britain
postwar migration to New Brunswick
postwar migration to Nova Scotia
postwar migration to Quebec
hasDemographic enslaved Africans
free Black people
men
women
hasEconomicRole government officials
landed gentry
merchants
professionals
hasTimePeriod American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Middle Colonies NERFINISHED
involvedIn American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED
civil conflict in New Jersey
language English
legalStatus subject to banishment laws
subject to confiscation acts
locatedIn Province of New Jersey NERFINISHED
Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED
notableEvent Battle of Monmouth NERFINISHED
Battle of Princeton NERFINISHED
Battle of Trenton NERFINISHED
opposedBy Patriots in New Jersey NERFINISHED
opposes American independence
revolutionary movement in New Jersey
partOf Loyalists in the American Revolution NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment British Crown NERFINISHED
British Empire NERFINISHED
religion Anglicanism
Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism

Quakerism NERFINISHED
startTime 1775
supportedBy British Army NERFINISHED
British provincial troops

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revolutionary government of New Jersey opposedBy Loyalists in New Jersey