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Why did Loyalist oppose the Patriots cause?

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The Loyalists opposed the Revolution for a number of reasons. Some believed that the British government had the right to ask the colonies to pay half the cost of their own defence. ... Other Loyalists opposed parliamentary taxation, but did not consider violent opposition justified

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