John Adams was a major patriot (he was vice pres 2 times and pres 1 time)
John Hancock was a patriot, his signature is the biggest on the Declairation of Independence.
He was a patriot along with George Washington and Ben Franklin.
john Adams was a patriot
By the time of the American Revolution John Locke was long dead, and he never set foot in America. His ideas on politics were, however, widely admired by the American revolutionaries.