Revolutionary War Names | Southern Campaign

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Americans opposed to the British were known as “patriots,” “Whigs” “rebels,” or “partisans.”  

Americans on the British side were called “loyalists,” “royalists,” “Tories,” “the King’s men,” or “Crown forces.”