Native and African Americans in the American Revolution

Question 1

Patriots

Answer 1

people who wanted the American colonies to gain their independence from Britain. They wanted their own country called the United States.

Question 2

Loyalists

Answer 2

people in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the American Revolutionary War. They were also called Tories. They fought with the British against the Continental Army and Continental Congress that they felt was oppressing them.

Question 3

Alliance

Answer 3

a relationship in which people, groups, or countries agree to work together