THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
BRITISH LOYALISTS VS AMERICAN PATRIOTS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What Happened to the Loyalists? In the end, many Loyalists simply left America. About 80, 000 of them fled to Canada or Britain during or just after the war. Because Loyalists were often wealthy, educated, older, and Anglican, the American social fabric was altered by their departure.
Detailed explanation-2: -The great majority of Loyalists never left the United States; they stayed on and were allowed to be citizens of the new country.
Detailed explanation-3: -But loyalists were on the losing side of the Revolution. Their businesses were ransacked, the homes confiscated, and after the war as many as 70, 000 loyalists became refugees, fleeing to British imperial outposts in Canada and the Caribbean, or back to England itself.
Detailed explanation-4: -A bitter civil war started in 1775 and continued for almost eight years. The Loyalists were forced to leave their American homes as refugees. Some men left early in the war to join British forces headquartered in New York City or Québec City.
Detailed explanation-5: -Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution (1775–83). Tens of thousands of Loyalists migrated to British North America. Most of them went to the Maritime provinces. The Loyalists left a long-lasting legacy on Canada.