Those who supported the British cause during the American Revolution were commonly referred to as loyalists.
That depends on whose side you're on! The British and those who were loyal to Britain (Loyalists or Tories) would have called those colonists rebels or traitors. However, in American history, colonists who were sympathetic to the fight for independence were called Patriots. About 1/3 of all colonists supported England, another 1/3 were Patriots who wanted independence, and another 1/3 attempted to remain neutral.
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Traitors by the British, Patriots by the colonists.
During the English civil war, those who supported the monarch were called puritans.
Patriots
Those colonists who supported independence from the monarchy of King George III were called Patriots.
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.
Patriots were the Americans who supported independence.
The patriots were for independence. Those who were loyal to the king were called loyalists.
Ireland's civil war happened between June 1922 and May 1923. It was fought between those who supported the treaty that gave independence to most of Ireland and those who did not support it.
PatriotsThe American Revolution was characterized by a split in the support of colonist belligerents. Those who supported the American independence were called Patriots for their patriotic drive of self-government and republicanism. They were also sometimes called Whigs, who were members of the British Parliament who supported the colonists' side. These Patriots were usually farmers and countrymen who often felt the brunt of the taxes Parliament had levied on the colonies. Those who were against independence were called Loyalists or Tories, who were members of Parliament who were against the colonies.
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"Patriots" was the name given to the Colonists who fought for independence. Loyalists aka. "Tories", were those Colonists who remained "loyal" to King George III i.e. England.
They were called Nationalists
The people who supported the ratification of the Constitution were called Federalists, and likewise those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution were called the Antifederalists.
Those who supported the British cause during the American Revolution were commonly referred to as loyalists.