Loyalist and Patriots: Patriots

After the French and Indian War that ended in 1763, The 13 colonies became divided in their feeling toward Great Britain. They wanted to remain English and loyal to King George III of England. They were called themselves Loyalist or Tories. About 1/3 of the population support England. This people want to separate from Great Britain and form a a new country. The people who supported a revolution were named as Patriots.
There were many important people that were patriots, they were the sons of liberty and also were leaders of the patriots.

Patriot Leaders:

General George Washington
All the American Army were made of soldiers from all the 13 colonies, it were called as the Continental Army, and this guy General George Washington were the leader. He were in charge of all the soldiers in the army. This army were not good at all because there were a lot of farmers in tar army.

Thomas Jefferson 
He was a lawyer during the American Revolution. Jefferson was a member of the secondContinental Congress and also he were governor of Virginia. He wrote the Declaration of IndePendence that explain how do the 13 colonies separate to form a new country. Jefferson have the idea that people can choose their own governor. After he convert into the third president of the United States of America.

Benjamin Franklin 
Benjamin Franklin helped organized the Commited of Correspondence. He also helped to correct the Continectal Congress with were all together against British rules.
Franklin also traveled to England because he want to protest the laws that the English put and also because of the taxes.

Others Patriots: 
- Ethan Allen 
- Foreign Alleis 
- Baron Von Steuben 
- Marquis de Lafayette
- Thomas Paine
- Patrick Henry 
- Nathan Hale