a loyalist is someone who maintains loyalty to an established grovernment, political party, ect.
Those who remained loyal to Britain were known as loyalists, or United Empire Loyalists.
Loyalists
Loyalists remained loyal (hence their name) to the Crown.
what denomination did the loyalists attend
They were also called Torys.
They were called loyalists.
Loyalists were people who were loyal to the King and didn't find a reason to fight for independence. 20% of colonists were loyalists. Their nicknames were tories, royalists, and king's men. Some loyalists were killed by patriots.
Commonly referred to as Loyalists or "Tories".
The loyalists ancestors do this to celebrate the loyalists
They are called loyalists for a reason. They were loyal to the king.
Hamilton defended the Loyalists as a matter of personal principle. He believed that the persecution of Loyalists was in clear violation of the Treaty of Paris, and that it would weaken the character of the country. He therefore saw defending the Loyalists as worthwhile.
The Loyalists who even knew about the Sons of Liberty probably hated them, because they often went around abusing Loyalists.