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The loyalists stood in opposition to the dedicated patriots, another small percentage of the population. Patriots believed there was no other option but American independence. Often overlooked is the largest group – colonists who were neutral or fence-sitters, who did not commit strongly to one side or the other
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It allowed the Union to shoot down the confederates from atop the hill.
An earlier event that is an example to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.
As for that... The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington, ultimately under the command of American Revolutionary war veteran Major James McFarlane.
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