The motivations of Loyalists were varied. Which of the following best represents one reason many colonists remained loyal to Great Britain? They wanted a better life offered to them in the form of free land in Canada that Great Britain granted to colonists loyal to the King. They wanted to take advantage of the Confiscation Acts, and enrich themselves by seizing property of colonists in rebellion to the crown. They resented local and political rivals supportive of the Revolution, who they saw as opportunistic and self-serving. They sought to be a part of a new aristocracy in America, and Patriots were largely from a lower social class.

The motivations of Loyalists were varied. Which of the following best represents one reason many colonists remained loyal to Great Britain? They wanted a better life offered to them in the form of free land in Canada that Great Britain granted to colonists loyal to the King. They wanted to take advantage of the Confiscation Acts, and enrich themselves by seizing property of colonists in rebellion to the crown. They resented local and political rivals supportive of the Revolution, who they saw as opportunistic and self-serving. They sought to be a part of a new aristocracy in America, and Patriots were largely from a lower social class.