USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Loyalists were colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as Tories, Royalists or King’s Men at the time.

Detailed explanation-2: -loyalist, also called Tory, colonist loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution. Loyalists constituted about one-third of the population of the American colonies during that conflict.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Patriots were people who wanted the American colonies to gain their independence from Britain. They wanted their own country called the United States.