Patriots Fight For Freedom

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Sometimes to get freedom for you and others, you have to sacrifice your time, effort, and life. Patriots didn't not like they ways of the king. The Patriots wanted to separate from England and create their own united country. To separate from England they knew that there was going to be a war and with a war they needed people to fight. This was going to be a problem. Not many Patriots were willing to risk their lives: They wanted to take and give back. Only a few, the proud were willing to take the risk. Even with these willing volunteers the Continental Army was severely under sized. At times it was so bad that is was 5 British soldiers to 1 Continental soldier. They reason why I chose this slogan was because not many people are willing to

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