WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Americans opposed to the British were known as “patriots, ” “Whigs” “rebels, ” or “partisans.” Americans on the British side were called “loyalists, ” “royalists, ” “Tories, ” “the King’s men, ” or “Crown forces.”

Detailed explanation-3: -The main ally for the British during the war was Germany. Britain hired German mercenaries called Hessians to fight for them against the colonists. One of the key generals in the Continental Army was the Frenchman Marquis de Lafayette.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Loyalists, or Tories, stayed loyal to Great Britain. They were not going to change their views. The Patriots, or Whigs, wanted independence. Before the Revolutionary War, most people in America were Loyalists; but after it, most people were Patriots.