Define the word loyalist and explain how it was different from a patriot

The word loyalist means:" A person who is loyal to a political cause, government, or leader especially in times of revolt."

Example: A colonist of the American Revolutionary period who supported the British cause.

The Revolutionary war split the people of the American colonies into two groups: the loyalist and the patriots.

Patriots were the people who wanted the American colonies to gain their  independence from Britain. They wanted their own country called  the United States.

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