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A Patriot was someone who wanted independence from Britain. A Loyalist wanted to remain as a British colony.
The people who remained loyal to Great Britain were Loyalist.
There were three major positions among colonists concerning independence were the loyalist, Patriots, and Neutrals. The Loyalist wanted to remain under the rule of Britain. The patriot wanted to independence from British rule.
Loyalist's were people that were 'loyal' to the British Crown. They wanted the America's to stay under the control of the British empire. In rough number's the Loyalist's were 1/3 the total people of the Colonies. Some Loyalist's and separatist's were in the same families. Lucy Knox's family were Loyalist's while her and her new husband Henry Knox were separatist's. She actually took her husband's sword, sewing it into her clothes to, past the British military to get out of Boston and to her husband. Quaker's were also considered Loyalist's; But Lydia Darragh, a Quaker, became a spy for the American Revolution when British officers forcefully took quarter's (housing) in her home.
The unruly Hessians cost the British the support of many areas that the British had hoped would remain loyalist.
Not necessarily. A loyalist was an American colonist who wanted to remain loyal to Great Britain.
Loyalist
A Patriot was someone who wanted independence from Britain. A Loyalist wanted to remain as a British colony.
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A loyalist wanted to remain loyal to England, they did not support the American Revolution and some fought along side the British Regulars.
a person who wanted the colonies to remain pert of britain's empire
yes it loyalist
A person who wanted the colonies to remain part of Britain's empire
A person who wanted the colonies to remain part of Britain's empire
Patriots did not want to remain under British rule while the Loyalists did.
A Patriot supported the revolution and the formation of a new country, a Loyalist disapproved of this and felt that America should remain a British colony.
A person who wanted the colonies to remain part of the British empire