help now please?
2007-11-08 14:04:27 · 5 answers · asked by Hershey_Keeeses 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It's not that simple a question really. Washington was a colonial who fought in the French and Indian Wars. He was strongly loyalist at that time, and applied for a commission to become an officer in the British Army. The British looked down on Washington, and most colonials, as uneducated and lacking military discipline, and turned down his request. This insult was a strong reason for him to turn against the British.
Many Americans were loyalists during the Revolution, and if he had gotten a commission in the British Army, he likely would have served in the British Army during the Revolution.
2007-11-08 14:25:10 · answer #1 · answered by A Plague on your houses 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Loyalist was a term for the people who were loyal to the British king. Patriots were those who joined the American Revolution
trying to achieve American independence from Great Britain.
So Washington was a "Patriot" to the new country which would become the United States.
2007-11-08 14:12:46 · answer #2 · answered by Spreedog 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
patriot. loyalists were those who remained loyal to king george and england
2007-11-08 14:09:32 · answer #3 · answered by onemocc 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What the hell kinda question is this it's easy he's a PATRIOT U DUMB ASSES
2015-04-02 08:59:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are you, retarded? How about turning on your brain before you turn on your computer huh? He was a patriot!
2007-11-08 14:07:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋