USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Believing the loyalists were strongest in the South and hoping to enlist the slaves in their cause–an objective that seems incompatible with a focus on Southern loyalists–the British turned their efforts to the South.

Detailed explanation-2: -In desperation, Britain abandoned the war in New England and turned their attention to the South. Colonists in the South were much more likely to be pro-British, and the Southern Strategy counted on these Loyalist, or Tory, forces to help them hold territory while the regular army moved on.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Why did the British decide to move the war to the South? 1)British believed that most Southerners were Loyalists and that if they gained territory in the South, the Southern Loyalists would hold it for them. 2) Believed that large number of Southern slaves would join them in return for promise of freedom.

Detailed explanation-5: -The story begins in 1783, when the American Revolution shattered British control over the Thirteen Colonies and sparked a migration of approximately 60, 000 Loyalists – colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown. Defeated and exiled, the Loyalists fled to other parts of the British Empire.