Loyalists

Americans now refer to The War f Independence as the Revolution but it may also be considered a civil war. Their nicknames was "Tories", they took manners into their own hands and armed themselves as well as the patriots. Loyalists were 20% of the white population in the colonies.

Educated people, both loyalists or revolutionaries agreed with John Locke's theory of human rights and an ordered government. Yet they both criticized Britain's actions towards them. What differed loyalists was that they wanted peaceful ways to protest against England and violence only led to tyranny. They did not support independence since it would lower the economic rate since colonies would be cut off the British mercantile system.

Loyalists came in all shapes and sizes. Some were farmers and artisans. While others were British officers, that not surprisingly, stayed loyal to the crown. Others were slaves, Native Americans, and indenture servants that came from Germany since King George III had a German origin.

The Paris Peace Treaty forced Congress to give most of the Loyalists land back. Such as the heirs of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. Many Loyalists left the Americas such as George Franklin, son of Benjamin, and John Copley the most famous painter of the time.