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Loyalists
The Patriots used Guerilla tactics and the British used line formation.
The Patriots were the American colonists who rebelled against the British in the American Revolution. The American colonists who stayed loyal to the British and were against the Patriots were called Loyalists.
Yankees ,patriots, traitors, rebels ,etc.
The term for supporters of Independence was Patriots, and the British may have termed them Yankees as well.
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The Patriots used Guerilla tactics and the British used line formation.
"Patriots" was the name given to the Colonists who fought for independence. Loyalists aka. "Tories", were those Colonists who remained "loyal" to King George III i.e. England.
They called themselves Patriots.
We called them 'patriots'. The British called them 'rebels'.
The Patriots were the American colonists who rebelled against the British in the American Revolution. The American colonists who stayed loyal to the British and were against the Patriots were called Loyalists.
Yankees ,patriots, traitors, rebels ,etc.
The term for supporters of Independence was Patriots, and the British may have termed them Yankees as well.
Loyalists fought for the British because they were loyal to the crown. The colonists who were rebelling were called Patriots.
They began supporting the Patriots