Yet, his mid war selling out to the British, proverbially "bit him in the back."" His contributions, however, were not limited to the warfront. On the contrary, he equally stirred up colonists to fight for the colonial freedoms, rallying the populous, as well as his minutemen troops. Yet, he was mainly noted for his colonial fort protecting, and valiant victories in minor battles; that was of course until the disgruntled patriot saw monetary value over the true cause, the combating of tyranny. .
George Washington.
The American Revolutionary War brought out, with out question, some the finest possible patriots known to man, each rising up against the powerful crown of England. Yet, if one could epitomize what a true patriot is, it is hands down General, and later President, George Washington. Rhetorically, what would America be without the innovative leadership of George Washington? Yet, one could consider him a Benedict Arnold in theory, as he was, after all, a general under the Royal Crown of England during the Seven Years War. Nevertheless, he, a tyrannized colonist, saw the potential distrust of the Crown, recognizing the betrayal of the consent of the governed, and rallied up the support of the populous. Through his military expertise, he developed a standing army of minutemen, proverbially starting from scratch, and rose up against the Crown. He then went on, and with the popular support, was named president of the United States, where he set precedence still existent today, economically, politically, and socially. He is the reason that America is the land of the free, and the home of the brave, he himself the brave. .
Charles Lee.
American patriots during the Revolutionary War of the 1770s and 1780s did not necessarily come from the colonies. On the contrary, one such "patriot-, as A.J. Langguth deems him, was from Britain, settling in colonial America on the eve of the Lexington and Concord shots, and finding himself appealed to the independence cause; this was General Charles Lee.
