Glossary

Hessians

Soldiers hired from German states by King George III of England to fight alongside British troops in the American Revolutionary War. Hesse-Kassel sent the most soldiers. Other German principalities that sent mercenaries to fight in North America included Brunswick, Hesse-Hanau, Waldeck, Ansbach, and Anhalt-Zerbst. An estimated 30,000 German mercenaries served in the war.