Hessians were big even in my elementary school education. And, I mean, I get it - it’s a real easy ‘point’ to score for Patriot sympathies. “King George literally hired foreign mercenaries to come and kill our troops, but we beat them and gave them land instead because we are Just Nice Guys™ (please ignore the crippling labor shortage in the colonies at the time)”
Because the US education system failed you.
(if you’re outside the US, then it figures history would be simplified past such details)
Hessians were big even in my elementary school education. And, I mean, I get it - it’s a real easy ‘point’ to score for Patriot sympathies. “King George literally hired foreign mercenaries to come and kill our troops, but we beat them and gave them land instead because we are Just Nice Guys™ (please ignore the crippling labor shortage in the colonies at the time)”