I have, in my distant past, relatives who were actively engaged in the terrorist activities of the 1770's in New England. As was common then, fighting the King and "suppression" was not a unanimous family decision.  In my direct line was one of the Sons of Liberty who escaped potential prosecution (and undoubted execution) by the English still governing Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He traveled nearly as far south into the Thirteen Colonies as possible, South Carolina, joining others who thought to continue their fight from there, and set our family tree onto a new course.