Loyalist militias

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armed colonial group military organization paramilitary group

Loyalist militias were armed colonial groups in North America that supported British authority and fought against Patriot forces during the American Revolutionary War.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Loyalist (American Revolution) 1
Loyalist militia 1
Loyalist militias canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed colonial group ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
paramilitary group ⓘ
allegiance British Empire ⓘ
George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: George III of Great Britain
combatant Battle of Kings Mountain ⓘ
surface form: Battle of King’s Mountain

Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge ⓘ
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
frontier warfare during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country Great Britain ⓘ
endTime circa 1783 ⓘ
hasEthnicComposition Black Loyalists ⓘ
British colonists ⓘ
German colonists ⓘ
Indigenous allies ⓘ
hasPart Butler’s Rangers ⓘ
King’s Royal Regiment of New York ⓘ
Loyalist irregular units ⓘ
Loyalist provincial corps ⓘ
ideology Loyalism ⓘ
location British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ
surface form: British North America

Province of Georgia ⓘ
Province of New Jersey ⓘ
Province of New York ⓘ
Province of North Carolina ⓘ
Province of Quebec ⓘ
Province of South Carolina ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
notableCommander Banastre Tarleton ⓘ
John Butler ⓘ
Sir John Johnson ⓘ
opposedBy Continental Army ⓘ
Patriot militias ⓘ
opposedTo Patriot forces ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
surface form: British forces in the American Revolutionary War
recruitedFrom American Loyalists ⓘ
colonial officials ⓘ
conservative colonists ⓘ
recent British immigrants ⓘ
result postwar exile to other British territories ⓘ
postwar resettlement in Canada ⓘ
startTime circa 1775 ⓘ
supported British Crown ⓘ
British authority ⓘ
usedFor counterinsurgency ⓘ
local defense ⓘ
raiding operations ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minuteman companies → opposedTo → Loyalist militias ⓘ
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War → opponent → Loyalist militias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loyalists
Patriot (American Revolution) → opposedTo → Loyalist militias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loyalist (American Revolution)
Siege of Pensacola (1781) → opposedBy → Loyalist militias ⓘ
this entity surface form: Loyalist militia