THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Question
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They were too scared to fight
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They did not have enough troops to battle the 4500 troops Britain sent.
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It was raining and they could not see to fight
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They were still in Canada
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Detailed explanation-1: -What are reasons the United States was unprepared for war with Britain? The United States had a small, badly trained fighting force. Experienced military commanders were too old to fight. Not everyone supported the war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Inability to Efficiently Supply the British Army Cornwallis had stretched his supply lines so thin that anything less than a total victory against Nathanael Greene meant the end of his surge. This left him pinned at Yorktown and surrounded by the French Navy. His surrender would end the American Revolutionary War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Annotation: The United States was woefully unprepared for war. The army consisted of fewer than 7000 soldiers; the navy of less than 20 vessels. The American strategy called for a three-pronged invasion of Canada and heavy harassment of British shipping.
Detailed explanation-4: -Yes, the British could have won the Revolutionary War although later the British argued otherwise. Britain missed some golden opportunities to win the war before France allied with the Americans.