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You FALSE STATEMENT (provided in the form of
a spurious "question") is historically inaccurate!
MANY, MANY, MANY of the African-Americans BOTH enlisted and fought
in every American war -- from the American Revolution (often with
the promise of 'freedom' in return) to the Gulf Wars in the Middle East.
In fact, the first soldier to die in the American Revolution was an African-American
(AA) named Crispus Attucks and U.S. museums are loaded with memorials of AAs
who fought valiantly in EVERY war fought either in or by the United States.
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You FALSE STATEMENT (provided in the form of
a spurious "question") is historically inaccurate!
MANY, MANY, MANY of the African-Americans BOTH enlisted and fought
in every American war -- from the American Revolution (often with
the promise of 'freedom' in return) to the Gulf Wars in the Middle East.
In fact, the first soldier to die in the American Revolution was an African-American
(AA) named Crispus Attucks and U.S. museums are loaded with memorials of AAs
who fought valiantly in EVERY war fought either in or by the United States.
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Which of the following was an advantage of the British in the American Revolution?
The ability to enlist foreign soldiers, Loyalists, and Native Americans in their military forces.
Hamilton's financial plans for the country helped to enlist the support of?
the wealthy
Why did most whites not want blacks to enlist in the army?
Most 'whites' did not want 'blacks' to enlist in the army because they had been taught their entire lives that African Americans, or in Australia's case Aboriginals, were inferior races, stupid and not to be put in the same rank as them. It is a typical racist view of things. In the Vietnam war for example, the 'white' Americans were disliked for being rude, ignorant and generally not very nice; the Australian's and 'Black' Americans were better thought of due to their thoughts that the Vietnamese were equals and the fact that they treated them as such.
What role did African Americans play in the American revolution?
African Americans in New England rallied to the patriot cause and were part of the militia forces that were organized into the new Continental Army. Approximately 5 percent of the American soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775) were black. New England blacks mostly served in integrated units and received the same pay as whites, although no African American is known to have held a rank higher than corporal. It has been estimated that at least 5,000 black soldiers fought on the patriot side during the Revolutionary War. The exact number will never be known because eighteenth century muster rolls usually did not indicate race. Careful comparisons between muster rolls and church, census, and other records have recently helped identify many black soldiers. Additionally, various eyewitness accounts provide some indication of the level of African Americans' participation during the war. Baron von Closen, a member of Rochambeau's French army at Yorktown, wrote in July 1781, "A quarter of them [the American army] are Negroes, merry, confident and sturdy." The use of African Americans as soldiers, whether freemen or slaves, was avoided by Congress and General Washington early in the war. The prospect of armed slave revolts proved more threatening to white society than British redcoats. General Washington allowed the enlistment of free blacks with "prior military experience" in January 1776, and extended the enlistment terms to all free blacks in January 1777 in order to help fill the depleted ranks of the Continental Army. Because the states constantly failed to meet their quotas of manpower for the army, Congress authorized the enlistment of all blacks, free and slave, in 1777. Of the southern states, only Maryland permitted African Americans to enlist. In 1779, Congress offered slave masters in South Carolina and Georgia $1,000 for each slave they provided to the army, but the legislatures of both states refused the offer. Thus, the greatest number of African American soldiers in the American army came from the North.
Who worked with Pontiac the Ottawa Chief?
Pontiac worked with Sir William Johnson to enlist peace to end Pontiac's War. Johnson was the British Superintendent of Indian Affairs.
