Question

This is a group of American colonists, who leading up to and during the American Revolution, were supporters of the British crown.​

Answer 1

Loyalists, also known as Tories or Royalists, were American colonists who supported the British monarchy during the American Revolutionary War. During the war, British strategy relied heavily upon the misguided belief that the Loyalist community could be mobilized into Loyalist regiments.

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