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Tories were people in the Thirteen American Colonies who supported the Colonies remaining under British rule.
Tory Quotes in Johnny Tremain
The Johnny Tremain quotes below are all either spoken by Tory or refer to Tory. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4
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Rab was obviously a Whig. ‘I can stomach some of the Tories,’ he went on, ‘men like Governor Hutchinson. They honestly think we’re better off to take anything from the British Parliament—let them break us down, stamp in our faces, take all we’ve got by taxes, and never protest. […] But I can’t stand men like Lyte, who care nothing for anything except themselves and their own fortune. Playing both ends against the middle.’
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Chapter 7
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‘Uncle Lorne is upset. He says the printers will not be able to go on with the newspapers. He won’t be able to collect subscriptions, or get any advertising. He won’t be able to buy paper nor ink.’
‘He’s sending the Webb twins home?’
‘Yes. Back to Chelmsford. But he and I can manage. The Observer is to be half-size. He won’t give up. He’ll keep on printing, printing and printing about our wrongs—and our rights—until he drops dead at his press—or gets hanged.’
Chapter 8
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Johnny liked the old woman all the better that in the end she had been unable to see a considerate master, whom she had served for thirty years, a young woman whom she had taken care of since she was a baby, humiliated, tossed about, torn by a mob. Sam Adams might respect her the less for this weakness. Johnny respected her more.
‘It’s no good to me. We’ve… moved on to other things.’
‘But it isn’t stealing to take back what Mr. Lyte stole from you.’
‘I don’t want it.’
‘What?’
‘No. I’m better off without it. I want nothing of them. Neither their blood nor their silver… I’ll carry that hamper for you, Cil. Mr. Lyte can have the old cup.
‘But your mother?’
‘She didn’t like it either.’
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‘Rab! How’d you do it? How’d you get away?’
Rab’s eyes glittered. In spite of his great air of calm, he was angry.
‘Colonel Nesbit said I was just a child. “Go buy a popgun, boy,” he said. They flung me out the back door. Told me to go home.’
Then Johnny laughed. He couldn’t help it. Rab had always, as far as Johnny knew, been treated as a grown man and always looked upon himself as such.
‘So all he did was hurt your feelings.’
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Tory Term Timeline in Johnny Tremain
The timeline below shows where the term Tory appears in Johnny Tremain. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 4
...a Whig (they believe “taxation without representation is tyranny”). Rab explains that he can stomach Tories (British sympathizers) like Governor Hutchinson; he at least genuinely believes that the colonies are better...
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...he’s a member of the secret Sons of Liberty society. Members of the society terrorize Tories and British officers. The Laphams thought they were evil, but Johnny now thinks it’d be...
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Chapter 6
...Sons of Liberty, tacking up Mr. Adams’s notices. Johnny goes to look and sees a Tory chasing Whigs who tried to tack a notice to his house. The men turn on...
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...Everyone knows this, and everyone knows that England will punish all of Boston, Whig and Tory alike. While everyone else is exhausted the next day, Paul Revere rides to New York...
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Chapter 7
...the British stable boys; they even let Johnny use their oats sometimes. Despite being a Tory, Dove has become the target of the British boys’ bullying. He clings to Johnny and...
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Chapter 8
...Johnny to make the best punch he ever has. As only British soldiers and well-connected Tories have citrus, Johnny visits Mrs. Bessie for the fruit. She happily fills his bag. They...
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