Patriot (American Revolution)

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American Revolutionary War faction political faction revolutionary movement

The Patriot (American Revolution) faction comprised American colonists who supported independence from Britain and actively opposed British rule during the American Revolutionary period.

Aliases (5)

American Patriots ×1
American Revolutionary movement ×1
Patriot ×1
Patriot side in the American Revolutionary War ×1
Whigs (American Revolution) ×1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary War faction → political faction → revolutionary movement →
activeInPeriod	1760s → 1770s → 1780s → American Revolutionary War →
alsoKnownAs	Rebels (American Revolution) → Whigs (American Revolution) →
basedIn	Middle Colonies → New England → Southern Colonies →
country	Thirteen Colonies →
demonym	Patriot →
engagedIn	Boston Massacre protests → Boston Tea Party → armed resistance → boycotts of British goods →
goal	establishment of a republic → independence from Great Britain → self-governance →
hasOpposingTerm	Tory (American Revolution) →
historicalRegion	British America →
ideology	classical liberalism → popular sovereignty → republican virtue → republicanism →
influencedBy	English common law tradition → Enlightenment → Whig political thought →
languageOfTerm	English →
legalStatusUnderBritishLaw	traitors →
motto	No taxation without representation →
notableLeader	Alexander Hamilton → Benjamin Franklin → George Washington → James Otis Jr. → John Adams → John Hancock → Patrick Henry → Samuel Adams → Thomas Jefferson →
opposedTo	British Empire → Loyalist (American Revolution) →
partOf	American Revolution →
primaryLanguage	English →
religiousSupport	Baptists → Congregationalists → Presbyterians →
resultedIn	creation of the United States →
selfPerception	defenders of English liberties →
socialBase	artisans → lawyers → merchants → planters → small farmers →
supported	American independence →
supportedBy	Committees of Correspondence → Continental Army → Continental Congress → Sons of Liberty → state militias →
usedSymbol	Liberty Pole → Liberty Tree → Sons of Liberty flag →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Committees of Correspondence ("Patriot") → Edward Rutledge → Isaac Sears → James Bowdoin → John Hancock → John Hancock → Josiah Quincy Jr. → William Dawes →	politicalAlignment
Patriot (American Revolution) ("Whigs (American Revolution)") →	alsoKnownAs
Storming of Redoubt 9 ("Patriot side in the American Revolutionary War") →	combatantSide
Townshend Acts (tea tax component) ("American Revolutionary movement") →	contributedTo
American Loyalists ("American Patriots") →	opposedBy