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Little Known Facts about the American Revolutionary War What follows are a few little known facts about the American Revolutionary War era. Most Americans think they know all about the Revolution simply because they are Americans. In fact, the real story -- not the one in most textbooks -- is crammed with little known facts. Information has been drawn from multiple sources for this report. The ...

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Chapter 3 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: FIRST PHASE Extracted from AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY ARMY HISTORICAL SERIES OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF MILITARY HISTORY UNITED STATES ARMY CHAPTER 3 The American Revolution: First Phase The American Revolution came about, fundamentally, because by 1763 the English-speaking communities on the far side of the Atlantic had matured to an extent that their interests and ...

Privateers or Merchant Mariners help win the Revolutionary War by disrupting British trade, capturing British reinforcements and supplies, especially gunpowder ...

Chapter 4 THE WINNING OF INDEPENDENCE, 1777-1783 Extracted from AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY ARMY HISTORICAL SERIES OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF MILITARY HISTORY UNITED STATES ARMY CHAPTER 4 The Winning of Independence 1777-1783 The year 1777 was most critical for the British. The issue, very plainly, was whether they could score such success in putting down the American revolt that the French would not ...

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Uniforms of Loyalist Units in the Americas by Rudy Scott Nelson In some ways the uniforms of Loyalist units were just as diverse as their Patriot counterparts. In other ways, there was some standardization. Many of the early militia units wore civilian clothes with armbands and cockades used to identify them as pro-Crown forces. On the frontier, the Loyalist who fought with the Indians were ...

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