Loyalist were the supporters of British who opposed patriots during the American Revolutionary period. Loyalists wanted to seek peaceful forms of protest as they believed force would give rise to destruction. According to them to support independence would suggest the loss of economic benefits because they will get out from the British mercantile system.
Answer: B. Emperor Leo III was an iconoclast who thought that praying to icons was a violation of the second commandment, while the Pope thought praying to icons was fine.