Then men and women who supported the colonies’ fight for independence and protested against British rule called themselves the Patriots. Their views were that the British Parliament could not legally tax colonist without representation and that the British Parliament was infringing on their rights as British subjects. Protest in the colonies took different forms such as boycotts, petitions, and violent protest. These actions forced the British Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act which, colonies viewed as an attack on …show more content…
Not only were they at war with Britain but they had internal conflict also. The revolution split the colonies into two groups with different ideals. The patriots who embraced liberalism and called for independence viewed the war as a fight against the oppressions of the British crown and Parliament. In comparison the minority of Loyalist faithfully believed Loyalist to be traitors and viewed the war as treason. The events in the early period of the revolution transformed these views leading up to the infamous battle in Saratoga where the Continental army forced the surrender of Britain ending the war in