VS.5 Patriot or Loyalist?

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Social Studies
Grades
4
Language
ENG
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Read the quotes below and decide if a Patriot or a Loyalist said them. Loyalist "We need Great Britain to protect us if someone attacks the colonies." "We are British subjects and should obey their laws." "Parliament has legal authority in the colonies." "I think we can make peace with the British government." Patriot "Our local assemblies have legal authority in the colonies, not parliament." "No taxation without representation!" "King George is an unfair ruler! He allows Parliament to tax us without our say." "I will fight in the Continental Army!" "British laws on the American colonies are taking away my rights." "Colonist don't have a say in British Parliament, so we shouldn't be taxed."

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