THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most of the soldiers in the Continental Army signed up for duration of the war. Nathan Hale was a Patriot soldier who became a traitor and spied for the British. The defeat of General Burgoyne at Saratoga was the result of the British army’s shortage of weapons and supplies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Over the course of the war, about 231, 000 men served in the Continental Army, though never more than 48, 000 at any one time, and never more than 13, 000 at any one place. The sum of the Colonial militias numbered upwards of 145, 000 men.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Continental Army reflected the diversity of the colonies. Coming from all 13 colonies, soldiers were native-born and immigrants of almost every nationality as well as free and enslaved African-Americans. Several women also disguised themselves as men in order to fight. The army accepted volunteers as young as 16.