They did not typically fight in traditional means and employed guerrilla warfare against the British. Ambushing the British and catching them off-guard was the colonist's best tactic.
Historical evidence, Would be used to describe the specific primary and secondary sources that historians use to support their claims, since these sources provide other facts.
Jesus' death was written in Matthew and there was many books written after that and the books were written just a few years after Jesus' death.