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-We had ~48,000 regular troops, backed by Colonial troops plus another 12,000 French.
The Brits had ~22,000 troops of their own with another 25k loyalists.

Dope, I appreciate you looking it up, but -

During the American Revolution, Britain relied primarily on its army to subdue the rebellious colonies. At its peak, the British army in North America had approximately 50,000 officers and men, constituting the largest expeditionary force sent overseas by any British governments.

The totals in North America specifically are listed in parentheses.

April 1775: 27,063 (6,991)
March 1776: 45,130 (14,374)
August 1777: 57,637 (23,694)
October 1778: 112,239 (52,561)
July 1779: 131,691 (47,624)
September 1780: 147,152 (44,554)
September 1781: 149,282 (47,301)
March 1782: 150,310 (47,223)

Not sure how many loyalists there are by year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army_during_...

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