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.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Patriot (American Revolution) canonical 14
Patriot 2
American Patriots 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) ⓘ
Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
surface form: Whigs (American Revolution)
basedIn Middle Colonies ⓘ
New England ⓘ
American South (colonial and early national periods) ⓘ
surface form: Southern Colonies
country Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
demonym Patriot ⓘ
engagedIn Boston Massacre ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Tory (American Revolution)
historicalRegion Colonial America ⓘ
surface form: British America
ideology classical liberalism ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
republican virtue ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
influencedBy English common law tradition ⓘ
Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
surface form: 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 militias ⓘ
surface form: Loyalist (American Revolution)
partOf American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
religiousSupport Baptists ⓘ
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) ⓘ
surface form: Congregationalists

Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Second Continental Congress ⓘ
surface form: Continental Congress

Sons of Liberty ⓘ
state militias ⓘ
usedSymbol Liberty Tree ⓘ
surface form: Liberty Pole

Liberty Tree ⓘ
Sons of Liberty flag ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Bowdoin → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
John Hancock → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
Patriot (American Revolution) → alsoKnownAs → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Whigs (American Revolution)
Townshend Acts (tea tax component) → contributedTo → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Revolutionary movement
Josiah Quincy Jr. → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
Edward Rutledge → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
Committees of Correspondence → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patriot
American Loyalists → opposedBy → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Patriots
John → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
subject surface form: John Hancock
Isaac Sears → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
William Dawes → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
storming of Redoubt 9 → combatantSide → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
subject surface form: Storming of Redoubt 9
this entity surface form: Patriot side in the American Revolutionary War
Boston Committee of Correspondence → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patriot
Virginia Committee of Correspondence → partOf → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patriot movement (American Revolution)
Virginia Committee of Correspondence → influencedBy → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massachusetts patriots
Francis Lewis → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
Bowdoin family → participatedIn → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
subject surface form: James Bowdoin
this entity surface form: American Revolution (patriot side)
Drayton family → involvedIn → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Revolution (Patriot side)
Asheville, North Carolina’s namesake Samuel Ashe → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel Ashe
Samuel Ashe → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
Lewis Morris (signer of the Declaration of Independence) → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
subject surface form: Lewis Morris
Benjamin Harrison V → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
Jonas Clarke → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ
James Warren → politicalAlignment → Patriot (American Revolution) ⓘ