Loyalists believed the British government protected their rights, but patriots disagreed. The patriots believed that obeying the british would undermine the potential that they could achieve. Meanwhile, most people who became a loyalists are the one that personally profited from british's rule.
Nicholas II or Nikolai II (Russian: Николай II Алекса́ндрович, tr. Nikolai II Aleksandrovich; 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918), known as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer in the Russian Orthodox Church, was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917.
D) All of the above
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( a ) european imperialism and american expansionism overseas
