Describe the backgrounds and philosophies of Patriots and Loyalists. Why did colonists with such diverse individual interests unite in support of their respective causes? What might different groups of Patriots and Loyalists, depending upon their circumstances, have hoped to achieve by winning the war?

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

In colonial American times, previous years of the beginning of the Revolutionary War of Independence, Americans were basically divided into two groups: Patriots and Loyalists. Colonists with such diverse individual interests united in support of their respective causes because problems were so many and the division started to polarize even more.

Patriots supported the idea of Independence from England, meanwhile, Loyalists thought that the colonies wouldn't be the same without the support of the English crown.

Patriots wanted to achieve liberty and independence by winning the war. Loyalists tried to maintain things as they were because they always supported the King of England.

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