What happened to the Loyalist after the American Revolution?

Loyalists were American settlers who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War. At that time they were called Tories, Realists or King's Men; patriots (pro-independence Americans) called them "people hostile to the freedom of America." After the defeat in the War of Independence, it is estimated that at least 15% of the loyalist population, or about 65,000-70,000 people, fled to various territories of the British Empire (such as Canada or England itself). Most Southern loyalists fled to Florida, which was still under British rule at the time, or to the Caribbean, while the northern loyalists relocated to Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia. The Crown compensated them with land and money.

The vast majority of loyalists did not leave the United States; however, during their stay there they were not recognized as citizens of the new country. Some of them denied their political past and became powerful national leaders, including Samuel Seabury and Tench Coxe.

many Loyalists simply left America. About 80,000 of them fled to Canada or Britain during or just after the war.