Contents Who Were the British Redcoats 4 British Redcoat Training 8 British Redcoat Weapons and Gear 12 The Decline of the British Redcoats 18 Glossary 22 To Learn More 23 Index 24
Who Were the British Redcoats 4
From the late 1700s until the early 1900s Great Britain had the largest empire in the world It included land on every continent The British Army helped build and control this huge empire Its soldiers were called regulars They became known as Redcoats because of their bright red uniforms American colonists used the term Redcoat as an insult during the American Revolutionary War 5
