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* [[Axe Crazy]]: No one actually ''did'' anything this extreme, but propaganda on both sides loved to play up the other side as if they did.
* [[The Alcoholic]]: Rum was a common drink on both sides, to the point of being doled as actual military rations,
* [[Asshole Victim]]: While the soldiers largely tried to treat each other with dignity despite being on opposite sides in formal engagements, loyalist and patriot civilians considered each other this.
* [[Bamboo Technology]]: The seizure of Dorchestor Heights was achieved via clever use of this trope. The colonial army prefabricated somewhat flimsy barricades that they filled in with hay bales and earth filled barrels to give the appearance of being sturdier than they actually were. It sufficed to fool the British, who immediately decided [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|Dorchestor Heights wasn't worth the effort to assault.]]
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