WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Quakers were pacifists, which meant they did not agree with fighting or war, so they did not pick a side.

Detailed explanation-2: -Colonists who chose not to pick a side were called Neutrals. Some neutrals believed that both Patriots and Loyalists had valid points. Others simply did not want to come out on the losing side. Neutral colonists did not participate in the protests or the eventual battles during the Revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -Colonists who were too far away to fight, or embraced the beliefs of both parties were referred to as neutralists. They made up the remaining one third of American colonists during the revolution. Neutrals, or neutralists, didn’t partake in the battles that their patriot and loyalist brethren often fought.

Detailed explanation-4: -Not everyone who opposed independence did so for economic reasons. 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-5: -The Revolutionary War split the people of the American colonies into two groups: the loyalists and the patriots.