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Who were the colonist who remained loyal to the king of England during the American revolution?
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Colonists who remained loyal were called Tories. There is no official list of who remained loyal and who did not. A famous Tory was Benjamin Franklin's son, William Franklin who was the last loyalist governor of New Jersey.
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