loyalists
"Tories"..
The loyalists
By no means, there was a large contingent of Loyalists.
They were called Royalists.
A colonist who remained loyal to the king of England during the American Revolution was sometimes known as a Loyalist. These colonists were also called Tories.
George III was the king of England that the colonist revolted against.
Loyalists
Thomas Paine was an American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809).
bennedict Arnold
An American colonist who remained loyal to King George III was known as a Loyalist or a Tory (plural "Tories"). "Tory" is also a name applied to Conservative political parties in the UK and Canada.
Loyalists were colonists who remained loyal to England during the American Revolution. They didn't support American independence. So they were described as having their heads in England and their bodies in America because they remained loyal to England while living in America.Because they lived in America but were loyal to Britain.
Nova ScotiaEast and West FloridaQuebecCarribean and Central American colonies.Basically those out of oppressive reach of the brash rebels.