They could not secure payment of debts due to them or, if payment was made, they received it in the debased continental currency at its face value.

They might not sue in a court of law, nor sell their property, nor make a will.

It was a felony for them to keep arms.

No Loyalist might hold office, or practice law or medicine, or keep a school.
Some Loyalists were deported to the wilderness in the back country.
Many took refuge within the British lines, especially at New York.

Many Loyalists created homes elsewhere.