Was George Washington a traitor when he led the army against King George?
Were you king George?
The settlers at what is now Vincinnes, Indiana, weren't just French speaking. A number of them had served as White Coats in the defense of America against the Brits in 1754. As soon as George Rogers Clark's men had secured the area, they formed a militia and resumed the war of defense against England.
Then there were the men of the Cahokia Militia. They moved rapidly against British forces (mostly Indians) along the St. Joseph River in Michigan and Indiana ~ under the flag of Spain!
I had ancestors in all those bodies ~ the Cahokia militia, the Vincinnes militia, Clark's army and later his territorial militia.
That was literally an international force ~ the 'Allies' I think we'd call them, joined together against the forces of invasion and impression. I doubt any of them thought of themselves as anything but patriots.