Patriot Argument

- Individual liberty threatened by greater government
- A series of acts and laws passed by the British Government were oppressive and indicative of a decline in colonial rights.
- No representation in British Parliament
- The Quartering of British troops
- Closing of the Port of Boston
- British control of trade




Loyalist Argument

- Common Heritage and Culture with England
- Benefit from the trans-Atlantic trade
- Many were first generation or had close relatives in England
- Strong sense of duty to British Crown
- Farms and Farm products could be greatly reduced in value
- Separate government could degenerate into anarchy
- Actions taken by revolutionary committees were “illegal”, and a symptom internal tyranny