Loyalists during the American Revolution
A)were forced to leave the colonies soon after the war began.
B)were nearly all office holders in the English government.
C)were forbidden by the Patriots to move to England until the war had ended.
D)constituted perhaps as many as one-third of the white colonial population.
E)freed their slaves to help augment British forces in the colonies.

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Loyalists, also known as Tories, were Americans who remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution. They constituted perhaps as many as one-third of the white colonial population. They faced persecution and often had to flee to Canada or Britain after the war ended. Some loyalists also lost their property and were economically devastated.

Loyalists During the American Revolution