British soldiers were called Lobsterbacks because of their red uniform coats. Colonial soldiers (technically, not soldiers, but militia) were called Minute Men bacuse they could be ready for action on a minute's notice.
Redcoats was the name the people of Boston gave to the British soldiers. This is because the British uniform tops were red.
The colonists in Boston called them the red coats.
Limeys. Lime was issued to British sailors to combat scurvy. Or Redcoats/Lobsterbacks when the British Army wore red uniforms. Tommies. Squaddies.
British soldiers who fought the colonists in the American Revolution were called, at the time, by various nicknames, including: * King's men * Regulars * Lobsterbacks Later writings also referred to these soldiers as Redcoats.
The British soldiers were (aptly enough) called "redcoats".
Blockade them!
In war, enemy soldiers are given nicknames. Graybacks was the Union nickname for Confederate soldiers because of their gray uniforms, just as British soldiers were called redcoats because of their red uniforms.
It was the Quartering act made by the british soldiers. It allowed them to stay in your home and eat your food without payment.
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lobsters
another name for the british are lobsterbacks and redcoats
Lobster Backs and Redcoats.
Redcoats :)
Redcoats was one nickname.
the red coats
Lobster Backs was the nickname for a British soldier during the French and Indian War because the British soldiers war red coats.
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Red Coats.
They used to wear red coats - hence their nickname Redcoats.
Tommies were British soldiers, it was a nickname similar to GI for American troops.