The patriots were the colonists who wanted to fight for America's independence. America hadn't become a country yet, and that's what the Patruot's were fighting for. To be independent from Britain and to be their own country. The patriots were the colonists who wanted to fight for America's independence. America hadn't become a country yet, and that's what the Patruot's were fighting for. To be independent from Britain and to be their own country.
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Rebels, terrorists, dissidents.
serving as spies
Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben trained, disciplined, and reorganized the army at Valley Forge in February 1778.
Benjamin Rush was a Patriot because he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence
During the American Civil War, the patriots who were prepared to assemble quickly in times of need became known as "minutemen". Utilized often in the early part of the war, the minutemen troops were gradually replaced by professional soldiers who remained in service for long periods of time.