Who was a loyalist loyal to?

Answer 1

A loyalist to Britiain was a person in the thirteen colonies that remained loyal to them, and would fight for them to the death. Many of the Loyalists were army officers, while others were common farmers, carpenters, blacksmiths, and merchants. Because the majority of the Loyalists were men in the army, Britain gave the Loyalists land and tools to build houses in Canada. So the British looked at the Loyalists with respect.

Answer 2

during the revolutionary war there were still Americans who were still loyal to the British, they were called loyalists, the revolutionaries such as Washington and Adams, they were yankees. Loyalists were also called Tories, Later to become democrats, and republicans who during the civil war were against slavery started their party the republicans and eventually grew.