What were the colonists who still supported Britain after the American War of Independence called?

• A. The Patriots
• B. The United Empire Loyalists
• C. The Roundheads
• D. The Regulators

Answer: (B)

Recognizing the Loyalists who remained loyal to Britain after the War of Independence. These colonists did not join the American push for independence and instead stayed loyal to the Crown. In Canadian history, the term United Empire Loyalists is used for those Loyalists who fled to British North America after the war and were granted land and support by the Crown, helping shape what would become Ontario and the Atlantic provinces. This distinguishes them from Patriots, who supported independence, and from Roundheads (English Civil War era) and Regulators (a different pre-revolution movement in the American South).