SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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A large number of the early colonists of Canada were
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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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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -As the war concluded with Great Britain defeated by the Americans and the French, the most active Loyalists were no longer welcome in the United States, and sought to move elsewhere in the British Empire.
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