USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -To fill their quotas, they began allowing enslaved people and free African-Americans to enlist. In return, slaves were promised their freedom for their service. By 1781, the Continental army was noted as being nearly one-forth African-American at Yorktown.

Detailed explanation-2: -Crispus Attucks, Martyr Crispus Attucks, whom many historians credit as the first man to die for the rebellion, became a symbol of Black American patriotism and sacrifice.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the American Revolution, people had to decide which side to support. Colonists for independence from England were usually called revolutionaries or whigs. But some Americans thought that to break away from the British government would not be right; they usually were called loyalists or tories.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rebel: A term referring to colonists who fought against the British Crown. Also called Patriots, Continentals, Yankees, Whigs, or Colonials.