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The American uniforms during the Revolutionary War were blue (well, those who actually had one). They were blue due to the fact that indigo was the primary plant grown in the south, thus it was one of the only colors the states had.
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There were women in the Continental Army, even a few who saw combat! Probably the best known is Mary Ludwig Hays, nicknamed "Molly Pitcher." She replaced her wounded husband at his cannon during the Battle of Monmouth in 1778. Another wife of an artilleryman, Margaret Corbin, was badly wounded serving in her husband's gun crew at the Battle of Harlem Heights in 1776. Thousands of other women served in Washington's army as cooks and nurses.
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By 1779, as many as one in seven Americans in Washington's army was black. At first, Washington was hesitant about enlisting blacks. But when he heard they had fought well at Bunker Hill, he changed his mind. The all-black First Rhode Island Regiment... composed of 33 freed men and 92 slaves, who were promised freedom if they served until the end of the war... distinguished itself in the Battle of Newport. Later, they were all but wiped out in a British attack.
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To support the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress chartered the Bank of North America in Philadelphia as the nation's first "real" bank in 1781.
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John Adams estimated that at the time of the American Revolution, only a third of the population supported the revolution, while an equal third continued to support the British Crown. The remaining third didn't much care either way. Almost as many colonists fought on the side of the British as against them.
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