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Patriot (American Revolution) Patriots (also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or American Whigs) were those colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution and in July 1776 declared the United States of America an independent nation.
In this article, inhabitants of the Thirteen Colonies who supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as Americans or  Patriots , and sometimes as Whigs, Rebels or Revolutionaries.. Colonists who supported the British side are called  Loyalists  or  Tories .any African-American slaves sided with the Loyalists. Tens of thousands in the South used the turmoil of war to escape, and the southern plantation economies of South Carolina and Georgia especially were disrupted. During the Revolution, the British tried to turn slavery against the Americans.