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* [[Jerkass]]: Charles Lee to the point of nigh treason when he wrote ways to defeat Washington to Howe when he got captured, simply because he hated the man.
** [[Jerkass Has a Point]]: Prior, when sent to reinforce New York from British attack, he immediately and sensibly realized it couldn't be held indefinitely, but if they played their cards right they could make the British pay dearly in their attempt to seize it.
* [[Kill It Withwith Fire]]: A tactic employed by both sides on occasion, though they generally had to refrain most of the time because both sides either wanted to avoid burning down potential garrisons for their own use or cause civilian casualties.
* [[The Neidermeyer]]: Charles Lee was this for the Americans, to the point his eventual capture due to a [[What an Idiot!|moment of utter stupidity]] was actually a relief to General Washington, who was tired of hinging his hopes of reinforcements on him. It didn't help he was also a vainglorious jackass with such obvious lust for Washington's own job to the point he went out of his way just to screw things up for the man.
* [[Netorare]]: General Howe openly cucked loyalist Joshua Loring. Loring, however, looked the other way [[Greed|due to being paid quite a bit]].