The people that believed in this are called Torries.
The first colonies in America believed that the people should control the government. They battled England out of America and set up the democratic political system that we have today.
The people should control production and distribution. Production should take place to meet human need.
Joseph Galloway was a man from the late 1700's who was a Loyalist and supported the Stamp Act and believed Britian was the most powerful country in the world and had the best government. He believed that Britian should control the North American Colonies, but that the colonies should also have a voice in Parliment.
The two big ideas that Thomas Jefferson believed in were that he believed that the colonies should be free from Britain and he believed that the British had no right to tax the colonies because they had no representatives to represent them.
The two big ideas that Thomas Jefferson believed in were that he believed that the colonies should be free from Britain and he believed that the British had no right to tax the colonies because they had no representatives to represent them.
A royalist or a Tory
Socialists
In the English colonies, white, male property owners who were 21 and older could vote. These rules excluded most of the population of the new colonies. The jurists believed that by the time a man owned land, he had a vested interest in the community and should be able to voice his opinion by voting. The believed that poor people could be swayed by the wealthy to vote a certain way.
The Loyalist thought since Great Britain started the colonies they should rule the colonies, they believed God was against treason and that the people of Great Britain should obey the king. Yet, some just thought it was safest to be on the Kings side.
John Hancock believed that the colonies should be completely independent from Great Britain.
John Locke believed that people could be trusted to govern. He believed that people had the right to life, liberty, and property. He said that people should have a word in who should be governing them !
Ben Franklin believed that the colonies should join together and become independant.