Loyalists would have been most likely to support the author's views expressed in the excerpt.
Loyalists were colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American War of Independence and were often called conservatives, royalists, or royalists at the time. Loyalists wanted to engage in peaceful forms of protest because they believed that violence begets violence or tyranny. They also believed that independence would mean losing the economic benefits of membership in the British trading system.
Believers were from all walks of life. Before 1774, the American colonists were divided into two camps: Patriots and Loyalists. Hot-headed patriots like the Sons of Liberty wanted to get rid of British rule at any cost. While loyalists resisted full revolution either through stubborn loyalty to the crown or simple pragmatism.
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