(Multiple Choice, 45 pts) Which answer best describes the Loyalists of the Revolutionary Period?

A. The Loyalists supported the idea of sharing the continent with England.
B. The Loyalists supported the idea of America staying a part of England.
C. The Loyalists supported the idea of American independence from England.
D. The Loyalists supported the idea of making each American colony a new country.

The year is 1774. Whether you are a merchant in Massachusetts, a German-born farmer living in Pennsylvania, a tavern-owning woman of Maryland, or a slave-owner in the South, you share some things in common. For instance, you probably don't like paying taxes on such goods as tea that wind up going to support the royal coffers in London. At the same time you like the notion of being part of the British Empire, the most powerful in the world.

Explanation:

well it definitly does because if you are seen as weak you will be seen as unimportant and they will walk all over you and the us is the most powerful military and the largest in the world

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