THE HESSIANS

HOW THEY WERE INVOLVED

• 30,000 German(Hessians)soldiers helped the British in the revolution

WHO THEY SIDED WITH

• They sided with The British
• Technically they were rented

WHY THEY SIDED WITH THEM

• Friedrich II Landgraf of Hesse-Kassel rented his soldiers out to keep taxes low

HOW THEY HELPED

• The hessians helped because they were excellent soldiers and were well needed in fighting the battle of Trenton which was a sneak attack
• Raised to fight from the age of seven

SPECIFIC BATTLES

• They were apart of every major battle
• Most known battle was the Battle of Trenton

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

• Charles Cornwallis
• Sir William Howe
• Benedict Arnold

EXTRA FACTS

• From Hesse-Kassel
• On Christmas of 1776, the Hessians were celebrating, in their camp at Trenton while Washington led his soldiers across the Delaware. That morning they attacked. The Hessians surrendered .

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