And by the way the Redcoats didn't start of as an english army. They were british when they started and never ended. All from great britian and northern ireland. All british.
The redcoats fought in the war and were called redcoats because they were redcoats. It wasn't a name that they were given just because of there attire. The redcoats didn't end at all and still exist under the "British army."
And the scots were never a seperate regiment of people who fought against the british. Like i told you in the 1760's a handful of them broke of against the british because of the ulster plantation. No scots left the redcoats in order to fight against the british during the war. No scots disbanded themselves from the redcoats and left the "British army" to fight on their own.
Yes you're still an idiot if you think the scots wern't apart of the redcoats. And yes you are an idiot if you think the british army were all english.
cryceaye5
I see you didn't read my last reply.1. I didn't say British Army was all English, you imagined I did to make your argument more valid.
2. Red Coats were formed as an English Army, it is how it was formed. Here is a snippet from Wikipedia.
"The red coat has evolved from being the British infantryman's ordinary uniform to a garment retained only for ceremonial purposes. Its official adoption dates from February 1645, when the Parliament of England passed the New Model Army ordinance. The new English Army was formed of 22,000 men, divided into 12 foot regiments of 1200 men each, 11 horse regiments of 600 men each, one dragoon regiment of 1000 men, and the artillery, consisting of 50 guns. The infantry regiments wore coats of Venetian red with white facings. A contemporary comment on the New Model Army dated 7 May 1645 stated "the men are Redcoats all, the whole army only are distinguished by the several facings of their coats" - The first sentence is talking about the modern army with Red Coats used for Royal Ceremonies, like Trooping of the Colour etc. Hope you read the words "NEW ENGLISH ARMY"
3. Yes they were called Red Coats in the war because of the colour of the uniform, I have said that a couple of times now, and again I never once said the Red Coats name was invented by the American opposition. Another one of your unable to read and comprehend wonders. I even mentioned how the Red Coats were formed BEFORE the Revolutionary War.
4. As for Red Coats being British, wrong.... Britain didn't exist until 1707 well after the Formation of the Red Coats. Read more history.
5. As for Scottish breaking away from the "red coats" or maybe we shall call them "lobsters" as the Bostonites referred to the British Army, a number did and joined up with previous emigrating Scots and Irish to help the American forces during the war. Plenty of literature on that if you want to google it.
6. Calling me an Idiot, when you can't even comprehend basic English and read what is being said correctly and then have the nerve to call others Idiots because you mucked up. Priceless?
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