Advantages/Disadvantages of the British and the Colonists

They quickly realized they had to fight to keep what they felt was rightfully theirs - a group of

colonies established to serve them, their mother country. The colonies, who were experiencing a

similar revelation, joined together to defend what they also believed was a just cause - freedom

from unfair British policies. Both sides, having their own separate disadvantages, would have to

overcome those obstacles and focus on the individual strengths they did posses in order to be successful in the American Revolutionary War.

Early on, as the battles in America were just starting to take place, the British were hardly impressed by the skills of the weak colonial military. Soon, however, with the help of French foreig

since they had no central government. Thus, the colonies were not able to afford the superior

cause. Also, the British were fighting an offensive war on foreign turf, whereas the colonists were, in many ways, simply defending their homes.

the idea that they were going to fight until they won independence, or they would die fighting.

n aid, an unfaltering American devotion, and the lack of British steam, the weak militias proved to become very effective. Even though the British army was larger, the American army had an abundance of what the British lacked - experienced officers and precise marksmen. These

troops, supplies, money, or even a message from England back to British soldiers in the colonies.

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