Final answer:
James Armistead and Peter Salem both helped the patriots during the American Revolutionary War, with Armistead serving as a spy and Salem as a soldier at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The correct option is A).
Step-by-step explanation:
Both James Armistead and Peter Salem helped the patriots during the American Revolutionary War. James Armistead was an enslaved African American who gained his freedom by serving as a spy for the Continental Army, providing crucial intelligence that helped in the defeat of the British at the Battle of Yorktown.
Peter Salem, also an African American, is best known for his role in the Battle of Bunker Hill where he fought as a patriot soldier and became a war hero.
While many slaves and some free blacks took the opportunity to join the British forces, especially after the issuance of Lord Dunmore's Proclamation promising freedom, others, like Armistead and Salem chose to side with the American patriots, thus the correct answer is A) Helped the patriots.