THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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British strength
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American strength
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British weakness
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American weakness
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Detailed explanation-1: -Beginning at the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Continental Army utilized guerrilla warfare against the British. Raids, ambushes, and spreading disinformation were just some of the ways through which Americans were able to surprise larger British forces.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although the British were successful in most conventional battles, the fighting in the South, under the leadership of Generals Nathanael Greene and Daniel Morgan, turned toward guerrilla and hit-and-run warfare.
Detailed explanation-3: -The use of hit-and-run tactics dates back even earlier to the nomadic Scythians of Central Asia, who used them against Darius the Great’s Persian Achaemenid Empire and later against Alexander the Great’s Macedonian Empire.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hit-and-run tactics is a tactical doctrine where the purpose of the combat involved is not to seize control of territory, but to inflict damage on a target and immediately exit the area to avoid the enemy’s defense and/or retaliation. It is meant to have a psychological effect on the enemy’s morale.