Which statement best describes the role of loyalists during the war?

Loyalists During the American Revolution. Americans today think of the War for Independence as a revolution, but in important respects it was also a civil war. American Loyalists, or "Tories" as their opponents called them, opposed the Revolution, and many took up arms against the rebels.

the question is asking about the things that may have affected and what they effects had on the spanish conquest and settlement of america

explanation:

social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live