Money, they paid the Hessians to go to the war.Another view: It is true that Hessian's were foreign troops in the service of England as paid Mrcenaries. They were not mandated to have political convictions that mirrored that of the British Empire. Not relevant at all in their case because they were a very Professional Army although they were conscripted. They maintained a loyalty to their German Lords who were paid for their services. They were not Soldiers of Fortune but men of honor who chose the camaraderie of arms and a brotherhood of blood.Place them historically with the Vatican's Swiss Guard or the French Foreign Legion and not with a dream world of Soldier of Fortune Magazine.but wait that makes no sense at all what about the animals that were involveddid you think about that
mercenaries in the American revolution were commonly known as "hessians" they were German mercenaries hired by the british. the term mercenaries used now, was used differently in those days. most of the time, the hessians were prisoners, or simply poor peasants, and received either little pay, or just that days' food. However, it is said that they were well military trained.
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A Hessian in general is anyone from the Hesse area in the central region of Germany. However, when people are talking about the American Revolution, they mean the German soldiers hired by the British to fight the American colonial army. Landgraf Frederick II of Hesse (Landgraf is a position similar to a count) restored his country's depleted wealth by conscripting men into the Hessian Army, training them, and then renting them out as large organized units to other rulers in need of trained fighting forces. Approximately 19,000 Hessians were rented by Great Britain to fight in the American Revolution. Most of the money paid by Great Britain went to the Landgraf, not to the soldiers who did the fighting.
The Battle of Trenton occured during the revolutionary war on December 25, 1777. Washinton and his army were camping accross the river and ten miles up from Trenton where the hessians( German soldiers that worked for the british) where living. The hessians were all drunk from their Christmas party that they slept late so Washington and his army attack them in there sleep but soon came outrside to finish the battle. The general for the hessians, Colonel Rall, got shot and killed so the hessians surrendered. Therefore the colonials one the battle with not one of their men killed or injured. You should see the movie the crossing if yolu want to know more about it.
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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.
Hessians were Germans. King George also asked Catherine the Great to send Russian troops to fight with the British, but she declined.
They were called Hessians, because many of them came from the Hesse-Kassel principality (of the Holy Roman Empire, in Germany), which "rented" conscripted soldiers to George III in order to finance opulent lifestyles for the "Landgrave" or ruler of the region, Frederic II (1720-1785).
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The Hessians were German mercenaries, so they were Germans.
The Hessians fought with the British.
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The Hessians were hired from Germany. The majority of them were from the Hesse region (hence the name), but some of them were mercenary units hired from other parts of Germany as well.
The British hired mercenaries. German troops known as Hessians. The reason Germany drew ire was that these soldiers were hired out to the British by the German government. The British used the Hessians in several conflicts, including in Ireland, but they are most widely associated with combat operations in the American Revolutionary War. About 30,000 German soldiers served in the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution.
they hired hessians from hess casel in Germany
The Hessian Soliders