Patriot Dbq Analysis

The British soldiers were the aggressors because they terrified the Patriot by antagonizing them, terrifying innocent people, and killing the ones that were not armed. It displays how the british had no mercy for the Patriots. The British did what was necessary to make sure that they got what they came here to do. The Patriots also did some cruel actions towards the British. Everything that the British and Patriots had done, the British did far more worse force than the Patriots.
To get the patriots attention the British marched towards them and started to antagonize them. “The foremost of which cried, Throw down your arms, ye villains, ye rebels” (Doc 2). In this document, it explains what a patriot soldier experience while being with the British soldier. The British was yelling at one of the patriots to put down his gun and saying rude words like he is a villain and a rebel. While taunting the patriots, the British would threaten to shoot them and even when the patriots complied they still shot at them. By seeing how the British treated the patriots, it made them the aggressors. …show more content…
A lot of families lived close to the war going on between the british and patriots. One family in particular shared their story on what they experienced. “Our house is so near the river that the sound of gunfire, carried by the water, was loud and frightening” (Doc 6). Alice Stearns Abbott which said this describes how she and her siblings helped their father and brother get them ready for the war. The family would make cartridges and cook food for them. British soldiers terrified and killing loved ones of families which made them the