"<span>a. at its height, included territory that is now part of Turkey, Greece, and Egypt" would be the best answer. The key to much of the Empire's success was that its rulers were fairly tolerant of individual religions.</span>
The Loyalists were the people who remained loyal to the British Crown rather than were in favour of independence.
The Loyalist were on the average older and partially also richer: they were better established and therefore a change would be a risk for them. This was their reason: they were afraid of change and of loosing their position.
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I think they opposes it because of Political Reasons as they thought it would hurt them and bring them down.
