It was called hanging them "in effegy." Disliked persons could also be burned "in effegy."
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The Second Continental Congress was it's name.
During the American Revolutionary War, the people opposing the Patriots/Colonists were called Loyalists/Tories. They got this name because they remained loyal to the King.
They were called Loyalists.They remained loyal during and after the Revolutionary War.They were also called Tories, after a group of Irish robbers. The name is still applied to the British Conservative party.Loyalists
Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the Kingdom of Great Britain (and the British monarchy) during and after the American Revolutionary War.
We called them 'patriots'. The British called them 'rebels'.