This is a category of people who were Loyalists—British subjects in the Thirteen Colonies of North America who supported the British Crown in the American Revolution.
Those who left the United States because of the war may belong in the subcategory Category:United Empire Loyalists.
Whether Native people who allied themselves with the British during the war should be labeled "Loyalists" is a matter of historical debate. Most are instead in Category:Native Americans in the American Revolution.
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