Many colonists remained loyal to Britain during the revolutionary war because they wanted England's protection and were afraid that if they were to separate from the British that they would be invaded.
<span>Between 1790 and 1900 American cities expanded steadily. The Industrial Revolution brought new products and opportunities to learn new skills to the common citizen. People left their farms and moved to cities with the hope of improving their standards of living.</span>
A religious schism is a division between people who considered themselves to be of one faith before the schism itself. There have been multiple religious schisms in history, each with their own specific consequences. Examples of such schisms in Christianity include the schism of Eastern orthodoxy from Western catholicism (which is usually dated at around 1054) or the Great schism in the Western papacy from 1378 to 1417.
