THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
LEXINGTON CONCORD AND BUNKER HILL THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BEGINS
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Minutemen
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Redcoats
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Sons of Liberty
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Continental Army
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Detailed explanation-1: -The redcoats in that conflict were the soldiers who supported Oliver Cromwell. Until the late 19th century, most British soldiers wore a uniform that included some sort of red coat. During the American Revolution, George Washington himself referred in letters to British soldiers as redcoats.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British Army was called the Redcoats by the Americans because of the red tunics they wore. The bright red color of the wool coats made it easier to see each other in clouds of gunpowder smoke during heavy fighting.
Detailed explanation-3: -British soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War are often called “redcoats” because of their uniform color.
Detailed explanation-4: -red·coat ˈred-ˌkōt. : a British soldier especially in America during the Revolutionary War.
Detailed explanation-5: -Red coat, also referred to as redcoat or scarlet tunic, was a military garment which was widely (though not exclusively) used by the infantry units of the British military, including the British Army and Royal Marines, from the 16th to 19th centuries.