USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Those who favored independence from Great Britain were called Patriots . Those who wished that the Colonies remain tied to Great Britain were known as Loyalists . Americans who elected not to choose a side were called Neutrals.

Detailed explanation-2: -Loyalists: colonists of the American revolutionary period who supported, and stayed loyal, to the British monarchy. Patriots: colonists who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -Colonists for independence from England were usually called revolutionaries or whigs. But some Americans thought that to break away from the British government would not be right; they usually were called loyalists or tories.

Detailed explanation-4: -Patriots were people who wanted the American colonies to gain their independence from Britain. They wanted their own country called the United States. Why did people become patriots? People in the Americas felt they weren’t being treated fairly by the British.

Detailed explanation-5: -Colonists who supported the British cause in the American Revolution were Loyalists, often called Tories, or, occasionally, Royalists or King’s Men. George Washington’s winning side in the war called themselves “Patriots", and in this article Americans on the revolutionary side are called Patriots.