Patriots Revolutionary War Facts

Not everyone picked a side.

Patriots revolutionary war facts. Among the close to 20 revolutionary war patriots buried across the kansas city area local kansas sar members believe sarah ruddell davis may be the only one interred in kansas. Many patriots were active before 1775 in groups such as the sons of liberty and the most prominent leaders. The revolutionary war wasnt a battle for an unoccupied stretch of land. Native americans had been negotiating the politics of the competing european powers for centuries by the time the colonists.

The critics of british policy towards the colonies called themselves whigs after 1768 identifying with. Militia companies were groups of armed men who only met a couple of times a year. Before the war many americans were members of militia companies. Patriots also known as rebels revolutionaries congress men or american whigs were those colonists of the british thirteen united colonies that violently rebelled against british control during the american revolution and in july 1776 declared the united states of america an independent nation.

Other names for loyalists included tories royalists and the kings friends. That surprises people said john forbes state historian with the kansas society of the sar. Patriot american revolution terminology. Many loyalists lived in new york city.