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You keep moving the barLoyalist American Revolution - Wikipedia the free encyclopediaConservatives supported the King during our Revolution
It is their history, that is why they are trying to make themselves look like the real patriots
Anything to back that statement up? Other than "because RW says so!"
It's not as if Britain's political parties back then were divided by left and right issues like today. Tories supported the monarch and Whigs were for more power for parliament, but during the time of the revolution there really weren't political parties formed into any coalitions.
Nothing in that link demonstrates conservative versus liberal ideology in Tories or Patriots.
Thanks for playing.
Yale historian Leonard Woods Larabee has identified eight characteristics of the Loyalists that made them essentially conservative and loyal to the king and Britain:[7]
- They were older, better established, and resisted radical change.
And that has bum fuck to do with conservatism?
Conservatism has to do with age now? Is Hillary a conservative because she is so fucking old now?
Better established makes someone a conservative? I guess that means there are no "established" liberals.
Resisting radical change? I think any party would resist change if it goes against their ideology. Democrats resisting radical changes by Republicans makes them conservative?
Did you have problems paying attention in school?