Among combattants--soldiers who actually took part in the fighting--there were:
- British regular army (commonly referred to as "Redcoats");
- Loyalist militias composed of people living in the American colonies but wishing to remain British subjects;
- Hessian (German) mercenaries hired to fight on behalf of the British.
Among civilians, there were some who supported the King and some who supported the revolution.
who was the british monarch at the time of the american revolution
The British.
King George III is the British leader during The American Revolution.
King George the 3rd was king, and he sent his British troops out to war in the American Revolution.
Compare the strenghts and weaknesses of the British and Americans entering the American Revolution
Yorktown
Americans called the British "Red Coats" or "Regulars" during the American Revolution.
If you were a Patriot in the American Revolution you were an American against the British.
the British
The British fought in the American Revolution because the wanted to control the land.They wanted to control the land because it was theirs.
Henry Clinton was a British General in the American Revolution. He was against the Americans.
The question has an implicit assumption which is incorrect; the British actually lost the American Revolution.