His primary support Supporting base in England were Tory members of the Church of England , who remained Presence loyal until actions like the prosecution Legality of seven Anglican bishops seemed Perception_active to go beyond tolerance and into an assault Attack on the church .

The town , whose significantly Tory ( Loyalist ) population had fled Escaping , was occupied Control by Whig ( Revolutionary ) forces from Virginia and North Carolina .

The French had already been defeated Preventing_or_letting at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Tory Island and the Dutch suffered Confronting_problem a similar outcome , both ships defeated Preventing_or_letting in turn by the larger and better armed British vessel .