Sentences with 'patriot'
Example sentences and phrases with the word patriot and other words derived from it.
• « While marching south, the patriot army won an encouraging victory on Salta's soil in the battle of Las Piedras. »
• « In addition to this declaration of principles, the document served another purpose: patriot leaders sent copies to France and Spain in the hope of gaining their support and help in the struggle against Britain. »
• « The Continental Congress had suggested that the slaves be given freedom if they joined the patriot army against the British, but the revolutionaries in Georgia and South Carolina refused to consider this proposal. Once again, the Revolution served to increase divisions over race and slavery. »
• « While some slaves who fought for the patriot cause were granted their freedom, the Revolutionary leaders, unlike the British, did not grant these slaves their freedom as a matter of course. »