The American Revolution was fought between the American colonists and England. The war ended and the colonists wrote the Declaration of Independence. The American colonists were patriots because King George of England was too distant and became a tyrant. The King was way too distant to run the country. The King of England was across the ocean from where the colonists were located. Because of Benjamin Franklin, we know that communication between the two continents required a person to go back and forth. In Thomas Paine’s writings we know that this took years. As proven by many of articles of information, we know the king was not where the colonists were. Because of this, he did not know what was really going on. This resulted in him not being
