> and Hessians This is an important point and I wanted to give more context. Hessians were German (admittedly pre-german unification) mercenaries employed by B

> and Hessians This is an important point and I wanted to give more context. Hessians were German (admittedly pre-german unification) mercenaries employed by Britain to control the territories. They were famously involved in numerous human rights problems. One of the original colonists greivences was the use of, "large armies of foreign mercenaries".