AN AMERICAN WHO DID NOT SUPPORT REVOLUTION AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN AND WAS LOYAL TO THE KING, GEORGE THE THIRD. APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF ALL AMERICAN COLONISTS DURING THE REVOLUTION WERE LOYALISTS
AN AMERICAN DURING THE WAR WHO SUPPORTED THE CAUSE OF REVOLUTION. ONLY ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE AMERICANS WERE PATRIOTS. SOMETIMES THESE PEOPLE WERE CALLED WHIGS.
DEADLY AND VERY CONTAGIOUS MEASLES-LIKE DISEASE THAT KILLED OR PERMANENTLY SCARRED MANY PEOPLE DURING THE 18TH CENTURY. MANY SOLDIERS WERE INOCULATED AGAINST SMALLPOX.
AN INN OR MEETING PLACE THAT OFFERED LODGING AND SOLD FOOD AND DRINK FOR BOTH TRAVELERS AND REGULAR CUSTOMERS IN THE COLONIAL ERA. MANY POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS AND PLANS WERE DEBATED AT TAVERNS.