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The colonists who opposed the Declaration of Independence were called loyalists. Many of the loyalists either stayed silent (because loyalists were usually the victims of hate crimes) or they joined the British army to quell the rebellion.

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What happened to the colonists that opposed the declaration of independence'?

they either sucked it up or moved to back to England


What happened to the colonists that opposed the declaration of independence?

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This document called for the colonists' independence from England?

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