Loyalists or Tories.
Loyalists
They were called Royalists.
In the American revolutionary war, the people who remained loyal to the king were called Loyalists or Tories.
"Tories"..
englanders
Nova ScotiaEast and West FloridaQuebecCarribean and Central American colonies.Basically those out of oppressive reach of the brash rebels.
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The loyalists
Loyalists were colonists who remained loyal to England during the American Revolution. They didn't support American independence. So they were described as having their heads in England and their bodies in America because they remained loyal to England while living in America.Because they lived in America but were loyal to Britain.