During the American Revolutionary Period, particularly after 1783, loyalists from the fledgling United States of America often started new lives in either Great Britain itself or the British colonies that would later become the nation of Canada. It should be noted that not all loyalists chose to leave America, but those who did typically found refuge in areas that remained under the control of the 'mother-country' of Great Britain.
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Loyalists fought for the British because they were loyal to the crown. The colonists who were rebelling were called Patriots.
The loyalists were British subjects living in the future U.S. and did not agree with the creation of the new country. So they left, most of them settling in Canada which was still apart of the British Empire.
Loyalists were American colonists who supported the English as opposed to Patriots who supported independence from England.
Empire Loyalists
Yes. That's what loyalists were. They believed that it was good to impose a tax for the American Revolution. The people who opposed this were Patriots.