10 Interesting Facts about the Revolutionary War

These following facts about the Revolutionary War will definitely give you more knowledge about what the war is. Some of you might have learned this war in one of your school’s subjects. However, do you really know what the Revolutionary War is? This article is brought to you to let you know more about this war. Revolutionary War firstly began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies, but gradually grew into a world war between Britain on one side the newly formed United States, France, Netherlands, Spain and Mysore on the other. To get to know more about this war, here are the other facts about it you may like.

Facts about the Revolutionary War 1: George Washington

George Washington (1732-1799) was the Commander-in-Chief of the army played a critical role in most of the battles of the Revolutionary War. And therefore, he also became the president of United States.

Facts about the Revolutionary War 2: Continental Congress

The Continental Congress established (on paper) a regular army on June 14, 1775. The greatest leaders and commanders of the Revolutionary War included Nathanael Greene, John Stark, Benedict Arnold, Daniel Morgan and Anthony Wayne.

Facts about the Revolutionary War 3: The Beginning

The Revolutionary War was fought against Great Britain from 1775 to 1783 during the Colonial Era. The Olive Branch Petition (July 5, 1775) aimed at reconciliation with Great Britain but failed.

Facts about the Revolutionary War 4: German Mercenaries

The British Army was supported by German mercenaries, nicknamed Hessians. Over 30,000 Hessian soldiers were hired to fight against the American rebels during the Revolutionary War. It was equivalent to one quarter of the British force.

Facts about the Revolutionary War 5: No Standing Army

The Americans had no standing army at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. The American Revolutionary Soldiers came from the 13 colonies who had relied upon the local militia, made up of part time citizen-soldiers, for local defense.

Facts about the Revolutionary War 6: Uniforms

As there was no established American army there were very few uniforms available for the American Revolutionary Soldiers. Many of the soldiers wore civilian clothes or hunting jackets.

 

Facts about the Revolutionary War 7: British Army

The British Army had many advantages over the American Army. They had a well established, experienced, standing army and navy, while the American Army didn’t have it. As for weapons, British Army had ample quantities of powder, guns, and clothing.

Facts about the Revolutionary War 8: Deaths

A total of 25,000 Americans died during the Revolutionary war. About 8000 died in battle and the other 17,000 died of sickness, went missing in action and other causes.

Facts about the Revolutionary War 9: Weapons

The soldiers used a wide range of different weapons including muskets, pistols, rifles, long rifles, knives, bayonets, tomahawks, axes, swords, sabres, pole arms and cannon.

Facts about the Revolutionary War 10: Cockades

The American leaders who fought in the Revolutionary War wore distinguishing cockades in their hats. The colors of the cockades indicated the rank of the commander and were pink, red, yellow and green. The Continental Army then adopted the black cockade which changed to the black and white “Union Cockade” to mark of the French-American alliance.

Those following facts about the Revolutionary War might have added your knowledge. The Revolutionary War was proved to bring better life to the Americans, by its legendary and revolutionary way. Hope you would find this Revolutionary War facts interesting and useful.