USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The American colonies would be weak and defenseless without Britain. We need Britain’s protection on the seas to be able to trade. If we were without British protection, another country might conquer us. We all profit from trade with England.

Detailed explanation-2: -American Loyalists, or “Tories” as their opponents called them, opposed the Revolution, and many took up arms against the rebels. Estimates of the number of Loyalists range as high as 500, 000, or 20 percent of the white population of the colonies.

Detailed explanation-3: -Just like Revolutionaries, the ranks of Loyalists included farmers, shopkeepers, and artisans, but some of them were distrustful of the movement for independence. They felt that it was being led by wealthy gentry that they had little in common with.

Detailed explanation-4: -Even before the war started, a group of Philadelphia Quakers were arrested and imprisoned in Virginia because of their perceived support of the British. The Patriots were not a tolerant group, and Loyalists suffered regular harassment, had their property seized, or were subject to personal attacks.

Detailed explanation-5: -Loyalists believed in peaceful reconciliation but were met with insults and mistrust because they did not believe in the Patriot cause. Most Patriots resisted enlisting African Americans to the cause, but the British had no such hesitations.