From Brunswick to Charlottesville [Computer File]

A short pictorial history of the Brunswick troops in North America from 1776 to 1783. Most places the troops marched through are shown in the CD ROM. Most of the material was never published before. Included are illustrations of towns and places in Germany and Canada. Shown are shown illustrations of the Duke's of Brunswick. A CD ROM honoring the 225. Anniversary of the American Revolution. In 1730 the Duchy was politically aligned with the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1733 the then Hereditary Prince Carl married the sister of the future King Frederick the Great, who in turn married a Princess out of the House of Brunswick. The Princes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel have served since that time in the Prussian Army. Four of the Princes gave their lives serving the Kingdom of Prussia. They are all entombed in the cathedral in Brunswick. By 1775, the Duchy was in great financial difficulties. The main reasons for the difficulties were the Seven Years War and the French occupation which had drained the little country. At the end of the war in 1763, the Duchy had an army of 16,000 men. The army was too big for the size of the country. To save money the Duke reduced the size of the army. The savings were, however, still not enough to cope with the financial problems of the Duchy. Duke Carl did not want to impose new taxes on the population, because he wanted to just see first a recovery of the industrial sector. A new way had to be found to bring money into the treasury of the Duchy. Such an opportunity was created by the unrest in British North America. The reigning Duke Carl I., was very reluctant to send his troops to North America. It took the Hereditary Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand to convince the Duke to exploit this possibility to improve the financial situation of the Duchy and at the same time to help his relative King George III. of England fight against the rebellious colonies in North America. The money from this contract helped the taxpayers of the Du