Hessians Role In The American Revolution

Did you know if it wasn’t for Hessians, the American Revolution might have ended a lot differently? Hessians are German Mercenaries who helped the British fight in the American Revolution. Research has shown that if the British didn’t have their help, the war might have ended a lot sooner. Hessians, what were they, what were they used for, and what happened to them.
Hessians were German soldiers from Hesse-Cassel. At the start of the war, the British were short of soldiers to fight. “Recruiting in Britain failed to raise the numbers needed so the British decided to hire foreign mercenaries, mainly from the German state of Hesse.”(Thorp). The Hessians did not voluntarily fight for the British, they did it because they were military. “They are
“In spite of such hostility, some 3,000 Hessians decided they liked the country well enough to make it their new home after the war, and they declined returning to Europe. In America, they lived side by side—and perhaps shared a Christmas drink—with their former foes.”(Mount Vernon). Once in America, they lived happily with their former enemies. A lot of opportunities in America convinced thousands of the soldiers to decide to stay there. Johann Döhla, a Hessian, wrote in his journal about everything he saw in America. This is what he wrote after seeing New York for the first time, “The American land is good and incomparable land…It is rich and fruitful, well cultivated, and with much grain, especially a great deal of Indian corn; and it has many and beautiful forests of both soft and hardwood trees unknown to us.”(Collins). Even though they were enemies, the Hessians and the Americans lived happily together after the war.
What did Britain use the Hessians for, what happened to them, and what were they? In conclusion, Hessians were a major part of the revolution and without them things might have turned out differently. But in the end, they settled their differences with the Americans and lived in peace