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SurfingUSA 3 points ago +3 / -0

For certain.

I am digging around and finding some data points:

Though not all colonists supported violent rebellion, historians estimate that approximately 45 percent of the white population supported the Patriots’ cause or identified as Patriots; 15–20 percent favored the British Crown; and the remainder of the population chose not to take a vocal position in the conflict.

link: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/patriots-and-loyalists/

Anyway, 45 percent or so is neither a "great majority" of the population or a tiny fraction.