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They considered them traitors - not to their King, but to their fellow countrymen and neighbors. Those who were forced to choose one side or the other, British or colonial, were at risk of death if the local majority felt otherwise.

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What are the names of famous male spies of the civil war?

There were many spies during the American Civil War. Some of the better known male spies were Lafayette Baker, Timothy Webster, and Henry Harrison.


WAs Nathan Hale a Patriot soldier who became a traitor and spied for the British?

Patriot. He was on of the many spies that General George Washington used throughout the course of the American Revolution. He's best remembered for his final words: "My only regret is that I have one life to loose for my country". He said this right before the British executed him after they discovered he was an American spy disguised as a Dutch schoolteacher.


What happened to Nathan hale and major john Andre during the American revolution?

They were spies.


Why did Lydia Darragh dislike Great Britain?

Lydia Darragh disliked Great Britain for many of the same reason that the other colonists at the time disliked Great Britain, including that the king was trying to enforce laws on people that had no representation in parliament. Although Lydia and her husband were Quakers and therefore remained neutral during the warfare of the American Revolution, they favored the cause of the colonists. Darragh became one of the first female spies during the Revolutionary War.


The Battle of Lexington Concord was between who?

The Battle of Lexington and Concord was between Britain and the colonists in America. It happened April 19, 1775, when the colonists minutemen gathered on the Lexington Common. The British were heading toward Concord for illegal gunpowder that was stored there. But due to the colonists spies, we were alerted of the plans much earlier and were able to move the supplies to a different location. The British were on their way when the colonists Minutemen, a small group of men that were called Minutemen because they were said to be ready for battle within a minutes time, were gathered on the Lexington Common. There were only about sixty minutemen against 700 British! A bloody battle began and we lost eight men, ten more wounded, so we had to retreat. But it was reassuring to find that one of their men was wounded. So we retreated to the North Bridge. By then, militiamen, men who formed a mini army for the colonies, were alerted about the battle. So over 500 militiamen gathered at the North Bridge! We fought the British until they retreated and as they left back for Boston, Minutemen shot at them from behind stone walls. This was the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

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they helped find out information about the king's next move and help the patriot army sneak up on the tories so they could win the war.


Delivering supplies giving medical care to soldiers and were common activities of Patriot women in the Revolutionary War.?

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When Delivering supplies giving medical care to soldiers and were common activities by patriot women in the revolutionary war?

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In 1798 the federalist?

The Federalist majority in the Congress quickly passed four laws in 1798 to make United States more secure from alien spies and domestic traitors.


Was there any spys in the Vietnam war?

Nearly all wars have had spies...from Attila the Hun & Genghis Khan's times, to the Roman Empire and Alexander the Great's times thru all the recorded wars of history...even the American Indian wars had spies or traitors.


How did the women spies from the revolutionary war help the colonists win the war?

They would date enemy soldiers to get information


Who were the Loyalist?

A loyalist is someone who maintains loyalty to an established government, political party, or sovereign, especially during war or revolutionary change such as the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. In modern English usage, the most common application is to loyalty to the British Crown American colonists sympathetic to the British.Loyaltists were people that remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution.