Question

Which of the following statements is true about the feelings of colonists living in South Carolina concerning independence at the beginning of the American Revolution?

A. 90% of the American colonists were patriots, and couldn’t wait until the Continental Army was formed so they could declare war.
B. 100% of the political leaders in the American colonies wanted to go to war with England, but none of the colonial citizens wanted to.
C. The colonists were split into patriots, loyalists, and fence-sitters, with the majority of the people being fence-sitters.
D. 90% of the American colonists were loyalists, but King Charles III despised the colonies and wanted to go to war.

Answer 1

In South Carolina, the Patriots and Loyalists were approximately 50% each. Loyalists and the Cherokee in the colony fought with the British. Patriots joined the Revolutionary forces.