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Loyalists
About 15 to 20 percent of the population supported the British Crown during the war, and were known as Loyalists (or Tories). Loyalists fielded perhaps 50,000 men during the war years in support of the British Empire.
Over-taxed colonists were the main supporters and instigators of the American Revolution. The American Revolutionary War was fought against Great Britain from 1765 to 1783.
They were often called Loyalists or Tories.
100,000 Loyalists left
Those who remained loyal to Britain were known as loyalists, or United Empire Loyalists.
They were called loyalists.
Those that stayed loyal to the Crown were called Loyalists.
loyalists are people in the revolutionary war who supported great britain but still were living in the U.S.
They were known as Loyalists, and more frequently as Tories (plural of Tory).
The colonists who supported the war for independence against Great Britain were called Patriots. Those who didn't support the war were called Tories or Loyalists.
They were called Loyalists or Tories.
Loyalists- colonists who were loyal to Britain. Patriots- colonists who wanted to be free from Britain.
The Loyalists wanted to be ruled by Great Britain and the Patriots wanted to be free from Great Britain.
What reasons might loyalists have had to support Great Britain?Those who chose to stay with Britain, the Loyalists, did not consider unfair taxes and regulations good reasons for rebellion. Some remained loyal to the king because they were officeholders who would lose their positions as a result of the Revolution. Others were people who lived in relative isolation and who had not been part of the wave of discontent that turned so many Americans against Britain.
The Loyalists wanted to be ruled by Great Britain and the Patriots wanted to be free from Great Britain.
The Loyalists wanted to be ruled by Great Britain and the Patriots wanted to be free from Great Britain.