What distinguished american patriots and american loyalists

The loyalists who were also called royalists or Tories were colonists who were still loyal to the British Crown.  When the Americans won the Revolutionary War, many of them moved to other parts of North America.  Some settled in Florida and the Caribbean where the British Crown still had territories while others moved to Canada and were given land or money by the British.  The patriots were colonies who rebelled against the British and fought several battles and eventually won their independence from British rule.