Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the British crown during the American Revolution. They were often referred to as Tories, King's Men, or Royalists by the rebels. Later on those Loyalists who were forced out of the country and resettled in Canada were given the title United Empire Loyalists. Their colonial opponents, who supported the Revolution, were called rebels, Whigs, Patriots, Congress Men, or, in their own view, having rejected 'loyalty to the mother country' for the new United States of America, just 'Americans'. Historians have estimated that about 30% of the population were Loyalists (that is, about 900,000), but because their existence has been all but ignored since, there are no exact numbers.