Step 1 : Introduction to the question "4. The Colonists referred to the British soldiers by by this nickname."
...1. Redcoats 2. Red Stripes 3. Red Barons 4. Rednecks They were called this because British military uniforms were red until the Boer War (1899-1902). They were also called "lobsterbacks" because of the color of a cooked lobster.