Who were the three British generals sent by England to command the British army during the revolutionary war?

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In the far north, General Burgoyne

In the mid-north, General Howe, who was succeeded by General Clinton

In the south, General Cornwallis

AMERICAN: General: Washington, Greene, Putnam, Knox, (Charles) Lee, (Harry) Lee, Morgan, Gates, Wayne, Sullivan, Hamilton, Laurens

BRITISH: General: Cornwallis, Howe, Arnold (betrayed America, and joined British), Clinton, Tarleton, O'Hara

FRENCH: Volunteer: Lafayette (volunteer from France to America) General: Rochambeau, Grasse, Estaing

GERMAN (HESSIANS): General: Knyphausen, De Heister Colonel: Von Donop

PRUSSIAN: Captain: Von Steuben (many of you might be thinking Von Steuben was a General in the Prussian army, but was in real a Captain. Benjamin Franklin, who was afraid that the Congress might reject Von Steuben for his rank of a captain, so he sent a letter saying, Von Steuben was a General in the Prussian army.)

George Washington: American commander

William Howe: British commander 1

Henry Clinton: British commander 2

Governor Guy Carleton of Canada: British commander 3 (after Revolutionary War)

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