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Patriots were colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution. Many Patriots served in multiple capacities. Many Patriots served in multiple capacities. Statesmen and office holders
Patriots included a cross-section of the population of the Thirteen Colonies and came from varying backgrounds. Roughly 40 to 45 percent of the White population in the Thirteen Colonies supported the patriots' cause, between 15 and 20 percent supported the Loyalists, and the remainder were neutral or kept a low profile regarding their loyalties ...
The 13 colonies were tightly circumscribed by Quebec in this map. The Quebec Act angered some Americans. Along with four punitive acts passed in the same parliamentary session (called the Coercive Acts in England), it was termed one of the Intolerable Acts by the Patriots, and contributed to the coming of the American Revolution.
The Second Continental Congress stood to benefit if the Revolution evolved into a protracted war. Colonial state populations were largely prosperous and depended on local production for food and supplies rather than on imports from Britain. The thirteen colonies were spread across most of North American Atlantic seaboard, stretching 1,000 miles.
Each of the Thirteen Colonies that became the United States when they declared their independence in 1776 had militia units that served on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War. The history of militia in the United States dates from the colonial era. [1]
About 287,000 slaves were imported into the Thirteen Colonies over a period of 160 years, or 2% of the estimated 12 million taken from Africa to the Americas via the Atlantic slave trade. The great majority went to sugar colonies in the Caribbean and to Brazil, where life expectancy was short and the numbers had to be continually replenished.
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The Patriot forces were eventually driven from the field. [43] But British power in the South continued to decline. Now the forts established by the British and manned by Loyalists fell to the Patriots, or were abandoned one by one. A major engagement was fought at Fort Ninety-Six, South Carolina, from May 22 to June 19, 1781.