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Many simply saw rebellion as a violation of the law (if I rebel I am a traitor). A number saw the revolution as a way to lose everything they had, there were lawyers, judges, minor officials....a successful revollution might mean the loss of their livelihood. One old generalization of the Revolution goes like this: a third were for the rebels, a third for the king and a third just stayed home.

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Q: Why would loyalist have opposed independence from Britain?
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