{"slug": "loyalist-american-revolution", "label": "Loyalist (American Revolution)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalist_%28American_Revolution%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q935481", "qid": "Q935481", "description": "colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause", "entries": 13, "years": 8, "span": [1775, 1791], "span_label": ["1775 CE", "1791 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "patriot-american-revolution", "label": "Patriot (American Revolution)", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "north-carolina", "label": "North Carolina", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "american-revolution", "label": "American Revolution", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "american-revolutionary-war", "label": "American Revolutionary War", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "south-carolina", "label": "South Carolina", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nova-scotia", "label": "Nova Scotia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-brunswick", "label": "New Brunswick", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "haudenosaunee", "label": "Haudenosaunee", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "upper-canada", "label": "Upper Canada", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "colony-of-virginia", "label": "Colony of Virginia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "the-bahamas", "label": "The Bahamas", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1775, "year_label": "1775 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November", "text": "November – American Revolution: Colonel Richard Richardson's South Carolina revolutionaries march through Ninety-Six District in what becomes known as the Snow Campaign, effectively ending all major support for the Loyalist cause in the backcountry of South Carolina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365589248#July–December", "title": "1775", "revid": 1365589248, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1775, "year_label": "1775 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 7", "text": "November 7 – American Revolution: John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, British royal governor of the Colony of Virginia, signs Dunmore's Proclamation, declaring martial law and offering freedom to slaves of Patriots who run away from their owners and join the Loyalist forces (formal proclamation November 15) thus losing the support of planters who see slaves as their vital livelihood.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365589248#July–December", "title": "1775", "revid": 1365589248, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1776, "year_label": "1776 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – American Revolution: South Carolina Loyalists led by Robert Cunningham sign a petition from prison, agreeing to all demands for peace by the formed state government of South Carolina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365773863#January–February", "title": "1776", "revid": 1365773863, "section": "Events › January–February"}}, {"year": 1776, "year_label": "1776 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 27", "text": "27 February – American Revolution: At the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge, Scottish American Loyalists are defeated by North Carolina Patriots. 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New Brunswick was then divided into eight counties.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360224448#Events", "title": "1784 in Canada", "revid": 1360224448, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1791, "year_label": "1791 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "In response to Loyalist demands, the Constitutional Act 1791 divides Quebec into Lower Canada (mostly French) and Upper Canada (mostly English who recently migrated from America). In so doing, the Crown hopes to create a stable society that is distinctly non-American. Although French-Canadians retain the privileges granted by the Quebec Act, the Anglican church receives preferred status, including the clergy reserves.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349955318#Events", "title": "1791 in Canada", "revid": 1349955318, "section": "Events"}}]}