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Who were the Loyalist?

Updated: 12/24/2022
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A loyalist is someone who maintains loyalty to an established government, political party, or sovereign, especially during war or revolutionary change such as the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. In modern English usage, the most common application is to loyalty to the British Crown American colonists sympathetic to the British.

Loyaltists were people that remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution.

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The loyalist were people who are wealthy ,they were also farmers ,craftsmen. Ther were clerks and slaves.

are people who are loyal to king george the third

Loyalist were the people who believed that the King should rule instead of the colonies for these reasons:

1. They thought staying with the king would be more safe

2. They were a little scared of the king

3. They were to afraid to go against the kings and protest.

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The colonists that did not resist England. They were still loyal to England and didnt revolt. They ere often used as spies by the British

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