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The word back then referred to anyone from the American colonies.
The earliest recorded usage of the term "Yankee" was in 1758, by British General James Wolfe to refer to people from what was to become the US, referring to the New England soldiers under his command as Yankees: "I can afford you two companies of Yankees, and the more because they are better for ranging and scouting than either work or vigilance."
By the time of the revolutionary war it was considered a derogatory term (by the British).
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∙ 14y agoYankee was the nickname for the north in the civil war and the south's was the Rebels.
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Which revolutionary war battle is memorialized in the peom?
Yankee Doodle
What are the long term effects of American revolutionary war?
we went into great debt.
What does quarter mean when it has to do with the Revolutionary War?
quarter means to recover from sickness
Did a Yankee soldier and a union soldier fight for the same side?
Yes, a Yankee soldier and a union soldier fought on the same side in the American Civil War (1861-65). The term "Yankee" was used by southerners to denote someone from the north, or the union. In this case, "Union" and "Yankee" mean the same thing. Nobody knows why the South ever came up with that term, though.
Was lord Cornwallis in the civil war or the Revolutionary War?
he was in the revolutionary war
Which revolutionary war battle is memorialized in the peom?
Yankee Doodle
Which of the wars produced the song Yankee doodle?
Revolutionary War apex
When did Yankee Doodle become a national symbol?
During the Revolutionary War
In what American war did the soldiers first sing Yankee Doodle?
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What is a yank or a Yankee........ not baseball civil war...?
Answer The Union forces or the troops of the United States were referred to as Yankees or Johnny Yank. One influence on the use of the term throughout the years has been the song Yankee Doodle, which was popular at the time of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783).
Was there a US Civil War vessel named USS Damn Yankee?
There is no US Civil War vessel named Damn Yankee. There is a musical named Damn Yankee. During the Civil War this term was meant in a derogatory fashion against northerners.
What war did the Yankees fight in?
Yankee is a term given to people who fought for the North during the civil war.
What does Yankee mean in the civil war?
Yankee refered to the Union (Northen) Troops and people. It was meant as a slur and a bad term, and was used by the Confederates.
Where would you find a Yankee?
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What are the long term effects of American revolutionary war?
we went into great debt.
When was the song Yankee doodle written?
Yankee doodle is written during the American Revolution by the Birtish troops or as most people called them," lobsterbacks" or "redcoats". It was written to make fun of the rebel American colonists.
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