Music of the American Revolution

Music of the American Revolution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOTj0obPx_E

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The American Revolution was in fact a very bloody/vicious, neighbor against neighbor, virtual civil war, as about a third of the north American colonists stayed loyal to the king ( the Loyalists), and fought with the British & Hessian-German  mercenary troops to suppress the rebellion, another third were committed & active in the violent armed  revolution against the king, and yet another third were not for any side, but just wanted to be left alone and live in peace, which peace was denied them though.  Some too, changed sides, as the war went on, and as the British brutal  tactics turned many against the British cause.

Black slaves were promised freedom/prosperity/land... (falsely) by the British, if they fought against the Americans, and so...were then treated very harshly when defeated, by the Americans, as were also those  Indian tribes who sided with the British, as the Iroquois and some other tribes.

All sides were cruel in battle. Though to the Americans, the Loyalists were especially vicious, and traitorous, so they after the British defeat, mostly, to save their lives from the American wrath, had to flee to Canada or to Britain, or to other British colonies  and they  lost all their properties and rights.

On July 4th., 1776, in his daily diary,  far away from America, (Hanoverian) King George III wrote:

"Nothing of importance happened today", not knowing that on that very day, the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, which announced the start of the revolution, against himself and his government.

And after the British defeat at Yorktown, with the great help of the French navy and with troops under Lafayette, with the help of German General, Baron Von Stueben,  and Polish General Thaddeus Kosciuszko and Polish General Casimir Pulaski, (and others of European aristocracy), (the French military) was sent to help the American colonists, defeat the common  British enemies, by the Burbon French King, Louis XVI th. (which substantial French help, thus bankrupted the French treasury and brought on the French Revolution), some... American leaders of the victorious rebellion, said to each other, "Well, so....who will be our new king? ...we must! have a king, as everyone customarily always does!".  (and as General Washington had refused that offer).

So, letters were sent out to various (German!, who else!?), princes, asking if any of them wanted to apply to be the new king of America.

One famous but timid German prince's reply came back: "Well, but....no!.. you weren't very 'kind...' to your previous king!".