Loyalists oppose Patriots demands

   In the colonies 1/5 of the colonists remain loyal to the British government and many others were neutral, bur there was more neutral than there were loyalists. The loyalists fear the Patriots were going to lose a war against one of the most if not the most powerful army in the world like the British were. They also dislike taxes, the Oath of Allegiance, and the militia draft from the Patriots.
   Patriots argue that if they were not independent from the British, their liberty would be in danger, also argue that some laws that the government passed were sort of oppressing them and were not going with colonists rights, no representation in British Parliament, The Quartering of British troops, closing of the port of Boston, British control over the trade.
   In the other hand we have the loyalists arguing that they had common heritage and culture with British, Benefit from trade around the world, many had close relatives in Britain, strong sense of duty to British crown, farms and farm products could be greatly reduced in value, separate government could      degenerate into anarchy, actions taken by revolutionary committees were “illegal”, and it felt like internal tyranny.