This document provides an overview of the different factions involved in the American Revolutionary War. It discusses the strengths of the American Patriots, and profiles several important women Patriots like Hannah Arnett, Catherine Moore Barry, and Elizabeth Burgin. It then examines the roles and perspectives of other factions like Loyalists, women, neutrals, Native Americans, and African Americans. Key points are that women on both sides played important roles despite lacking recognition, and that the 13 colonies contained a diversity of groups with differing stances towards the war and British rule.