GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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political refugees from Europe.
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Loyalists who left the American colonies.
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Spanish explorers
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Native Americans who had been educated by missionaries.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Loyalists were American colonists, of different ethnic backgrounds, who supported the British cause during the American Revolutionary War (1775–83). Tens of thousands of Loyalists migrated to British North America during and after the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many Loyalist refugees resettled in Canada after losing their place, property, and security during the Revolution. The Loyalists, some of whose ancestors helped found America, left a well-armed population hostile to the King and his loyalist subjects to build the new nation of Canada.
Detailed explanation-3: -Loyalists were most numerous in the South, New York, and Pennsylvania, but they did not constitute a majority in any colony. New York was their stronghold and had more than any other colony. New England had fewer loyalists than any other section.