Patriots

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historical group political movement revolutionary group

The Patriots were American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain and formed the core of the revolutionary movement during the American Revolutionary War.

Aliases (1)

Boston patriots ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical group → political movement → revolutionary group →
country	Thirteen Colonies →
endTime	1780s →
hasPart	Committees of Correspondence → Continental Army → Continental Congress delegates → Minutemen → Sons of Liberty → state militias →
ideology	anti-colonialism → liberalism → republicanism → self-determination →
language	English →
locatedIn	British America →
motto	No taxation without representation →
notableMember	Alexander Hamilton → Benjamin Franklin → George Washington → John Adams → John Hancock → Patrick Henry → Paul Revere → Samuel Adams → Thomas Jefferson →
opposedBy	Loyalists →
opposedPoliticalConcept	taxation without representation →
opposedTo	British monarchy → Great Britain →
partOf	American revolutionary movement →
religion	Protestantism →
result	establishment of the United States →
significantEvent	American Revolutionary War → Battle of Bunker Hill → Battle of Saratoga → Battle of Yorktown → Battles of Lexington and Concord → Boston Massacre → Boston Tea Party → Declaration of Independence → Siege of Boston →
startTime	1760s →
supported	American Revolution → American independence → Continental Congress → republicanism →
supportedDocument	Articles of Confederation → United States Declaration of Independence →
timePeriod	18th century → American Revolutionary War →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Liberty Tree ("Boston patriots") →	associatedWith
American Revolutionary War →	belligerent
Boston campaign →	combatantSide
Black Loyalists →	opposedBy
Loyalist provincial corps →	opposedTo