<P> During the American Revolution, those who continued to support King George III of Great Britain came to be known as Loyalists . Loyalists are to be contrasted with Patriots, who supported the Revolution . Historians have estimated that during the American Revolution, between 15 and 20 percent of the white population of the colonies, or about 500,000 people, were Loyalists . As the war concluded with Great Britain defeated by the Americans and the French, the most active Loyalists were no longer welcome in the United States, and sought to move elsewhere in the British Empire . The large majority (about 80%--90%) of the Loyalists remained in the United States, however, and enjoyed full citizenship there . </P> <P> Jasanoff (2012) estimates that a total of 60,000 white settlers left the new United States . The majority of them--about 33,000--went to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, about 6,600 went to Quebec, and 2,000 to Prince Edward Island . About 5,000 white Loyalists went to Florida, bringing along their slaves who numbered about 6,500 . About 13,000 went to Great Britain (along with 5,000 free blacks). The 60,000 white departures represented about 10% of the original Loyalist population. . A recent study increases the estimate to the traditional figure of 100,000 (Thomas B. Allen, Tories Fighting for the King in America, America's First Civil War, 2010, Harper, pp. 19 - 20, 34 - 36). </P>

Where did most loyalists go after the revolution