EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS 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: -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-2: -British advantages during the war included a stronger military, greater wealth, and a larger population. At least one half of all American colonists were Tories. Most of the soldiers in the Continental Army signed up for duration of the war.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why would Britain’s larger population give it an advantage during the war? 1)It gave Britain more soldiers. 2)Got more money from taxes people payed for the war and weapons. 3) There were more people to make war supplies.
Detailed explanation-4: -At the beginning of the war, British forces outnumbered Continental forces; for example, British general William Howe’s expeditionary force in 1776 numbered 32, 000, compared to American general George Washington’s force of less than 20, 000. Britain’s navy was the biggest and strongest in the world.