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Americans that supported the British, or Loyalists, supported the British in fear of losing their fortunes if the Colonists lost the Indepence War.
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40 to 45 percent of colonists were Patriots, colonists who supported the Revolutionary War. 20 to 30 percent were Loyalists, colonists who wanted to remain loyal to Great Britain. The rest were neutral.
That depends on whose side you're on! The British and those who were loyal to Britain (Loyalists or Tories) would have called those colonists rebels or traitors. However, in American history, colonists who were sympathetic to the fight for independence were called Patriots. About 1/3 of all colonists supported England, another 1/3 were Patriots who wanted independence, and another 1/3 attempted to remain neutral.
The most of the Iroquois decided to ally with the British. Other tribes in the area allied with the French or stayed neutral. Other than the French Iroquois, the rest allied with the British during the French and Indian War. They also were paid by the British for taking scalps of Americans that ventured west of the Appalachian Mountains.
They began supporting the Patriots
They began supporting the Patriots
They began supporting the Patriots
Americans that supported the British, or Loyalists, supported the British in fear of losing their fortunes if the Colonists lost the Indepence War.
Most of the Iroquois fought on the British side. The Oneida stayed neutral for the first two years and then joined the colonists.
Thomas Paine was the radical British immigrant who ended American toasts to King George. He also wrote the pamphlet Common Sense, which helped stir patriotic feelings in the apathetic or neutral colonists.
Many of the Neutral Colonists in the village did not want to go to war against the king and Great Britain.
they didn't take sides so they could earn money
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The American colonists who still supported the British were called loyalists or Tories (for the dwindling Tory political party, used to ridicule conservative politicians close to George III). It was difficult for any colonist to remain "neutral" when pressured by both sides, who considered anyone not "for" them to be "against" them.
The American colonists who still supported the British were called loyalists or Tories (for the dwindling Tory political party, used to ridicule conservative politicians close to George III). It was difficult for any colonist to remain "neutral" when pressured by both sides, who considered anyone not "for" them to be "against" them.