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Patriot (American Revolution)
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Patriot (American Revolution)
Patriots
(also known as
Rebels
,
Revolutionaries
,
Continentals
, or
American Whigs
) were those colonists of the
Thirteen Colonies
who violently rebelled against British control during the
American Revolution
and in July 1776
declared
the
United States of America
an independent nation. Their rebellion was based on the political philosophy of
republicanism
, as expressed by spokesmen such as
Thomas Jefferson
,
John Adams
and
Thomas Paine
.
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