Yankees ,patriots, traitors, rebels ,etc.
Yankee Doodle
Yankees ,patriots, traitors, rebels ,etc.
lobster backs and redcoats
geuss
They wore bight red wool uniforms.
the patriots touched the britsh soldiers uniform without asking, as this was an insult to british soldiers! British soldiers were called Lobster-backs as this was a curse to insult them even more.Patriots would also throw objects to hurt the british!
Colonists who opposed British rule were called patriots.
The British soldiers were (aptly enough) called "redcoats".
The British were taxing the colonists without representation in Parliament.
What changed the colonists ideas about British later
They were called Loyalists or Tories.
The colonists called the British soldiers Red Coats. This is because of the uniforms they wore, which were red. The British called the colonists Yankees.
They spoke English.