The Tories were loyalists. For example, after the US Declaration of Independence, people started taking sides, either as a patriot or as a loyalist. If you were a loyalist, you were one who remained loyal to the king and felt you had to defend England. If you were a patriot, you supported independence. The Tories were members of a political party called Loyalists that existed in the 17th and 19th centuries.
August 2, 1776
June 7, 1776
It turned a rebellion into a fight for freedom.
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More than 50,000
The colonists were all united in their fight against Britain
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the adoption of the Declaration of Independence sparked bitter disunity among the colonists.
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