The New England colonists were much more conservative as a whole on independence. And, loyalists to the Crown could be found there. There were no public opinion polls at the time and newspaper editorials would be biased on each side of the independence issue.
The large cities had large groups of . loyalists
loyalists where people who lived in the 13 colonies but where still loyal to the England.
That the colonies shouldn't break away from England
The same thing everyone ate in the colonies.
The Patriots and the Loyalists
Many, many colonies were loyalists and remain so today.
Large percentages of the southern colonies consisted of African slaves.
The large cities had large groups of . loyalists
loyalists where people who lived in the 13 colonies but where still loyal to the England.
Loyalists. -n.p.
Most people in the middle colonies where loyalists
Loyalists
loyalists
They were called 'Loyalists' and they made up about 20% of the US colonies' population.
The law was placed in the constitution to count slaves as 3/4 of a person when counting population for the House of Representatives. This was a compromise between the large southern states with large slaves populations and the northern colonies who were smaller in populations.
The loyalists were individuals that lived within the colonies yet still gave their loyalty to the British. After the Revolutionary War many of the loyalist left the colonies to live in Canada territories.
They called them Tories and loyalists because they sided with Britain, the country that was very harsh and jerk-like to the colonies.