Some inhabitants of the Thirteen Colonies of America sought to overthrow British rule because they believed it to be unjust. These revolutionaries are an example of a(n):

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The revolutionaries who sought to overthrow British rule in the Thirteen Colonies were a militant minority because they actively sought to use force and violence to achieve their goals of independence. Assimilationist minorities seek to blend into the dominant culture, pluralistic minorities seek to maintain their cultural identity while peacefully coexisting with the dominant culture, and secessionist minorities seek to break away from the dominant culture and form their own separate entity. None of these descriptions fit the revolutionaries in the Thirteen Colonies.

Some Inhabitants of the Thirteen Colonies of America Sought to Overthrow