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Who were the colonist who remained loyal to the king of England during the American revolution?
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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An American colonist who remained loyal to King George III was known as a Loyalist or a Tory (plural "Tories").
"Tory" is also a name applied to Conservative political parties in the UK and Canada.