SOME NICKNAMES WERE THE REDCOATS OR LOBSTERBACKS...
The redcoats. The Lobsterbacks.
285,000 Soldiers
The Minute Men.
They were called the "Minute Men"
SOME NICKNAMES WERE THE REDCOATS OR LOBSTERBACKS...
the british
Because of their red uniforms, loads of nicknames arose like Redcoats, Lobsterbacks, all kinds of things.
During the Revolutionary War the Americans nicknamed the British soldiers 'red-coats'.
Genral Howe on the British side
The British were well-equipped soldiers and had a large, powerful navy.
Regulars were British soldiers in the American Revolutionary War.
If you mean the German soldiers that the British hired, that would be the Hessians. If you're talking about the actual British soldiers, that would be redcoats.
The British attempted to control the colonists during the revolutionary war by blocking off their harbors, and by quartering soldiers within the colonists' house.
The soldiers were called Yankees (from the name for colonials in general), and Continentals (also the name applied to the first US army). British loyalists considered them rebels or traitors, but the usual term for the Revolutionary fighters is "patriots", because they identified more with their colonial homes than with their British heritage.
Hessian (soldiers)
Red Coats.