The Colonists American colonist were patriots because they wanted to start their own country, also they just wanted religious freedom from Britain. Britain was taxing the colonists because of a war that was fought so Britain decided that the American Colonists should have to pay for the costs of the war. Not to mention the fact that the colonists wanted religious freedom. The colonists came to the new land so that they could have religious freedom. They believed that there was corruption in the church and they wanted to be able to express their own religious views. The colonist also didn’t like the high taxing which included the Intolerable acts, the stamp acts, and the sugar acts (answers.com). In Britain’s opinion the colonists revolted
