THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
END OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
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True
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Fasle
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What Disadvantages Did the Continental Army Face? The Continental Army also faced many disadvantages, such as a constant shortage of money, weapons, gun powder, food, clothing and medicine.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some of the advantages were that these battles were close to home so troops got to the battlefields faster, but the British there troops took months to get there, which can really hinder their army. Another advantage is that the Continental Army had two countries helping them.
Detailed explanation-3: -Inadequate administrative procedures, a scarcity of money and the failure of credit, a weak transportation system, and a lack of manufacturing all combined with the natural obstacles of geography and weather to create frequent shortages of food, clothing, tents, and other military supplies throughout the war.
Detailed explanation-4: -Their soldiers were well equipped, well disciplined, well paid, and well fed. The British navy dominated the seas. Funds were much more easily raised by the Empire than by the Continental Congress. Some of those funds were used to hire Hessian mercenaries to fight the Americans.