THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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They were well-prepared for the terrain in America due to their experience fighting on several fronts around the world.
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They had a large, well-organized army filled with veteran soldiers.
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They had the world’s most powerful, technologically advanced and experienced navy.
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British soldiers felt passionately about the cause they were fighting for.
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Detailed explanation-1: -From the middle decades of the 17th century, and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid-18th century until the Second World War, it was the world’s most powerful navy.
Detailed explanation-2: -On paper, the Royal Navy’s 89 ships include one helicopter carrier, six amphibious assault ships, six destroyers, 13 frigates, seven attack submarines and four ballistic-missile submarines. The rest are minesweepers, survey ships and other support vessels, many no larger than the U.S. Coast Guard’s small patrol ships.
Detailed explanation-3: -The British Navy scored its greatest victories largely because it was better organized, better financed and better equipped than its enemies. For this, Pepys gets much of the credit. In the Elizabethan era, ships were thought of as little more than transport vehicles for troops.
Detailed explanation-4: -The US Navy holds the distinction of the most powerful and capable navy in the world. The star of the US fleet –The stealthy and technologically advanced destroyers. These are the largest destroyers ever built, primarily deployed for land attack.