WORLD HISTORY

EMERGENCE OF USA

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Before the Revolution, which side had a stronger military, greater wealth, larger population, and mercenaries?
A
Americans
B
Patriots
C
Sons of Liberty
D
Britain
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Many of these tiny countries supplied soldiers to the British army in its fight against America, but by far the largest group came from Hesse-Cassel. As a consequence, during the war and ever since, all of the Germans fighting with the British were lumped together and called Hessians.

Detailed explanation-2: -Great Britain: Army: 48, 000, most in North America.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -What were British soldiers called? British authority and soldiers likewise acquired several monikers throughout the course of the war and were synonymously referred to as the British, the Crown, Great Britain, lobster backs, and regulars.

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