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The Hessians main goal for winning the war?
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
Who were the mercenaries in the American Revolution?
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.
Where did Washington defeat the Hessians?
Delaware river
What does hessian mean?
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.
How many Hessians fought in the colonies?
About 30,000. Nearly one-fourty of the Crown Forces in the American War of Independence were Hessian.
