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In contrast, a large portion of the settlers encroaching on their territories and against whom the Cherokee ( and other Indians ) took most of their actions were Scots-Irish, Irish from Ulster of Scottish descent, a group which also provided the backbone for the forces of the Revolution ( a famous example of a Scots-Irishman doing the reverse is Simon Girty ).

It is a historical irony that those from a group seen as rebels or " Whigs " back home in the Isles became Tories in the Americas while those from a group now considered one of the most " Tory " in regards to the United Kingdom became Whigs in the Americas.