THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dunmore placed these “Black Loyalists ” in the newly formed Ethiopian Regiment and had the words “Liberty to Slaves” embroidered on their uniform sashes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main ally for the British during the war was Germany. Britain hired German mercenaries called Hessians to fight for them against the colonists.
Detailed explanation-3: -Colonists who supported the British cause in the American Revolution were Loyalists, often called Tories, or, occasionally, Royalists or King’s Men.
Detailed explanation-4: -Americans fought the war on land with essentially two types of organization: the Continental (national) Army and the state militias. The total number of the former provided by quotas from the states throughout the conflict was 231, 771 men, and the militias totaled 164, 087.
Detailed explanation-5: -Congress created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, and John Adams nominated George Washington to serve as the army’s Commander-in-Chief. Explore the battles that Washington personally fought in to secured his legacy as “First in War."